Rheology, Hydration, and Strength Evolution of Interground Limestone Cement Containing PCE Dispersant and High Volume Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to elucidate fundamental composition-reaction-property correlations in blended binder systems prepared with Portland-limestone cement (PLC) and high volume of aluminosilicate supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). An extensive investigation involving coordinated experiments and numerical simulations was carried out to quantify synergistic interactions between PLC and SCM (i.e., fly ash and slag), and benchmark them against corresponding blended ordinary Portland cement (OPC) systems. The study was carried out on mortars provisioned with optimum dosages of polycarboxylate ether (PCE) dispersant to improve fluidity and achieve enhanced particle packing. The results indicate that in spite of incorporating PCE at high dosages, PLC systems consistently show greater hydration kinetics compared to their OPC counterparts on account of their higher specific surface area. The SCMs are more effective in terms of improving strength in PLC systems as compared to OPC systems. This superiority of the PLC systems over OPC systems is attributed to enhanced particle packing and the carbonate-rich chemistry of PLC which allows enhanced formation of space-filling carboaluminate hydrates. Further, the results are consolidated to develop reliable correlations between hydration kinetics, rheological properties, and strength evolution for OPC-SCM and PLC-SCM systems. These correlations provide insights into optimizing binder formulation and proportioning.
Recommended Citation
I. Mehdipour et al., "Rheology, Hydration, and Strength Evolution of Interground Limestone Cement Containing PCE Dispersant and High Volume Supplementary Cementitious Materials," Materials and Design, vol. 127, pp. 54 - 66, Elsevier Ltd, Aug 2017.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.04.061
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Second Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Hydration; Interground limestone; PCE dispersant; Rheology; Strength; Supplementary cementitious materials
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0261-3069; 0264-1275
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Aug 2017
Comments
The authors acknowledge financial support for this research provided by the U.S. Missouri Department of Transportation (TR2015-03) as well as the RE-CAST (Research on Concrete Applications for Sustainable Transportation) Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (grant number: 00046726).