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Prevention of alkali-silica expansion by using slag-Portland cement

✍ Scribed by S. Chatterji; N.F. Clausson-Kaas


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
160 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-8846

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✦ Synopsis


A previously postulated hypothesis that concrete or mortar prisms devoid of free Ca(OH)~ will not suffer from alkali-silica expansion has been tested. In this investigation high slag-Portland cements were used to make mortar prisms with a reactive sand. Storage of these prisms in a saturated NaCl bath at 50°C caused no expansion. At the end of the storage period in NaCI bath, the prisms were found to be free of Ca(OH)2. The results are consistent with the proposed hypothesis.