Influence of pozzolanic activity of coal gangue on hydration products in coal gangue-cement system
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the composition in the paste of complex cements have been determined by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD),differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and directly-heating method. Results show that the composition of hydration products in coal gangue-cement complex system is similar to that in pure cement system, but the content of hydration products for per unit cement in former is higher than that in later at the early hydration stage. The pozzolanic reaction between coal gangue and cement hydration products mainly occurs in 3d. The content of Ca(OH)2 and that of C-S-H in the paste are related to the activity and the content of coal gangue. The content of C-S-H in high activity coal gangue-cement system is related to the activity of coal gangue rather than the content, but that is opposite in low activity one.
Research on Interaction between Coal Gangue and Cement in Thermal Activated Coal Gangue-Cement System
The rule of interaction between the thermal activated coal gangue and the cement in the thermal activated coal gangue-cement system is revealed by the study of the hydration heat,the content of Ca(OH)2,the chemical combined water content and the reaction degree of thermal activated coal gangue in the system.The research results show that the accelerating effect of thermal activated coal gangue on cement hydration takes place at early stage and thermal activated coal gangue can restrain the cement hydration at the middle stage to some extent.The accelerating effect of cement on the pozzolanic reaction of thermal activated coal gangue exists from start to end.
Mechanical behaviour and durability of high volume fly ash cementitious composites
The purpose of this research is to separate different morphological particles of ASTM class F fly ash, and study their effect on mechanical behaviour and durability of high volume cementitious mixtures. In this research wet separation of raw fly ash is carried out, which resulted in three layers of different morphological particles. The first layer of particles float, comprise of about 1-5% of fly ash, is identified as cenospheres or hollow spheres. The second layer of particles is measured to be 55-60% of raw fly ash and consisting of porous spherical and rounded particles rich in Si and Al. The third layer particles is measured to be about 35-40% of raw fly ash. High volume fly ash cementitious composites containing second or third layer particles are tested under compression and bending, highlighting a higher strength and ductility in comparison to cementitious ones containing raw fly ash particles. KEYWORDS. Cementitious matrix; Raw fly ash; Second layer particles; Third layer particles.