Microstructure Formation of Cement Mortars Modified by Superabsorbent Polymers

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F21%3A00352212" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/21:00352212 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/75081431:_____/21:00002200

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13203584" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13203584</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13203584" target="_blank" >10.3390/polym13203584</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Microstructure Formation of Cement Mortars Modified by Superabsorbent Polymers

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The utilization of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) in cement-based materials has been found to be a promising means of mitigating the autogenous propagation of shrinkage and cracks. On the other hand, the undesired effects of SAPs’ application on functional properties, including mechanical strength, microstructure formation, and the evolution of hydration heat are not properly understood, given the variety in SAPs’ characteristics. To contribute to the present state-of-the-art, cement mortars, modified with two grades of SAPs by dosages of 0.3%, 0.6%, and 0.9%, were designed and studied with emphasis on the relationship between the materials’ porosities and mechanical strengths. The obtained results are interpreted by scanning electron microscopy analysis and hydration heat evolution to elucidate the major changes and their driving factors. Besides the benefits associated with the mitigation of autogenous shrinkage, the achieved results point to an adverse effect of supplementation with SAP on mechanical strength at an early age, and an even more pronounced increase at a later age. The employed scanning electron microscopy images, together with mercury-intrusion porosimetry data, depict distortion in the material porosity as a result of the filling of formed voids and the closing of open ends by swelled hydrogels. Only the minor benefit of a greater cross-linking density was obtained by the formation of dense structures and the gains in mechanical strength therefrom.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Microstructure Formation of Cement Mortars Modified by Superabsorbent Polymers

Popis výsledku anglicky

The utilization of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) in cement-based materials has been found to be a promising means of mitigating the autogenous propagation of shrinkage and cracks. On the other hand, the undesired effects of SAPs’ application on functional properties, including mechanical strength, microstructure formation, and the evolution of hydration heat are not properly understood, given the variety in SAPs’ characteristics. To contribute to the present state-of-the-art, cement mortars, modified with two grades of SAPs by dosages of 0.3%, 0.6%, and 0.9%, were designed and studied with emphasis on the relationship between the materials’ porosities and mechanical strengths. The obtained results are interpreted by scanning electron microscopy analysis and hydration heat evolution to elucidate the major changes and their driving factors. Besides the benefits associated with the mitigation of autogenous shrinkage, the achieved results point to an adverse effect of supplementation with SAP on mechanical strength at an early age, and an even more pronounced increase at a later age. The employed scanning electron microscopy images, together with mercury-intrusion porosimetry data, depict distortion in the material porosity as a result of the filling of formed voids and the closing of open ends by swelled hydrogels. Only the minor benefit of a greater cross-linking density was obtained by the formation of dense structures and the gains in mechanical strength therefrom.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20101 - Civil engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-14789S" target="_blank" >GA19-14789S: Vysokohodnotný beton se zvýšenou samoléčivou schopností</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Polymers

ISSN

2073-4360

e-ISSN

2073-4360

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3584

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000716825800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85117410325