Thermally activated brick soils used as SCM in high-strength concrete

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F25%3A00384353" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/25:00384353 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14374-7" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14374-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14374-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10973-025-14374-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Thermally activated brick soils used as SCM in high-strength concrete

Original language description

The limited availability of traditional supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) has driven research on new easily accessible materials with pozzolanic properties. Thermally activated low-grade clays have shown good potential in that regard. At the edge of these clays are brick soils, with only a moderate content of clay minerals. This study investigates the potential of such thermally activated brick soils (TABS) as viable SCMs. Specifically, three brick soils deposited in the Czech Republic were calcinated at 650 °C and used as an SCM in the dosage of 5 to 25% of the total mix mass. Given that the calcinated soils contained only about 50% amorphous content, the mixture design was adapted to such composition, and the rational design was implemented. This means that the total amount of TABS was divided into two portions, one replacing the cement, while the second one replacing the finest aggregate. The portions were in the ratio of the determined amorphous and crystalline phases. This way, the reactive (i.e. amorphous) part partially replaced cement, while the non-reactive (i.e. crystalline) part of TABS was employed as the filler element. The designed high-strength concretes were investigated in terms of reaction heats, structure and phase composition, and basic physical and mechanical properties. In general, the pozzolanic reaction of the TABS resulted in the rise of alumina-bearing AFm and Aft phases at the expense of portlandite and tobermorite. The structure was more compact with a finer-grained crystal structure. The performance of the two composites depended on the replacement level (optimum was about 10–15%), while the third composites showed similar superior performance regardless of the TABS content. However, the highest replacement levels with cement dosage lowered by 37%, 40 and 50% also showed applicable properties. These findings demonstrate that brick soils, when properly activated and incorporated through rational design, are a promising SCM for sustainable high-performance concretes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20501 - Materials engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-16577S" target="_blank" >GA22-16577S: Alternatives of thermally activated lower grade clays as a partial cement replacement</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

ISSN

1388-6150

e-ISSN

1588-2926

Volume of the periodical

150

Issue of the periodical within the volume

24

Country of publishing house

HU - HUNGARY

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

19771-19786

UT code for WoS article

001534721000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105011387033