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to produce concrete with sustainable curing technique in which the potential cracking would be substantially reduced. Graded Clay Brick Waste (CBW) was employed as internal curing agent as alternative martial with 10% and 15% volumetric percentage
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The utilisation of fired clay-brick waste is of interest in the manufacture of building products due to both socio-economic and technological reasons. Autoclaving is an established process for manufacturing calcium silicate-based building products that affords rapid strength development. Clay-brick waste represents a source of alternative silica, which is more reactive than conventionally used silica and also contains alumina. This paper presents data on the effect of lowering the autoclaving temperature from commonly practised 180 to 170°C on OPC-quartz blends containing clay-brick fines as direct replacement of quartz at 4.3, 8.6 and 12.9 mass percentages. The hydration products of autoclaved OPC-quartz blends with clay-brick fines were characterised using simultaneous DTA-TG in combination with other methods.
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The hydration products of hydrothermally cured OPC-quartz blends incorporating clay-brick waste were characterised using simultaneous DTA-TG, XRD and SEM. The exotherm above 800°C on the DTA curve, due to the formation of β-wollastonite (β-CS) was related to the compressive strength. The area and/or height of the exotherm increased with compressive strength and was due primarily to the presence of calcium silicate hydrate phases including 1.1 nm tobermorite. Supporting evidence is provided by XRD and SEM.
Summary The strength developments of hydrothermally cured blends comprised of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and clay-brick waste (CB) and treated at 180°C under saturated steam for 6 h were studied. Two types of CB, of different chemical and mineralogical make-up, were used to make OPC-CB blends where 10 to 80 mass% CB replaced OPC. The nature of the hydration products formed after autoclaving were subsequently investigated by using a combination of DTA, DTG, TG, X-ray diffraction, and wet chemical techniques. The modes of the hydrothermal reactions between OPC and the two types of CB, as well as the nature of the main binder belonging to the tobermorite family, are discussed and related to the development of the strength of the autoclaved articles.
. Alameer , and A. T. Abdulrasool , “ Behavior of concrete beams internally cured with clay brick waste ,” Pollack Period. , vol. 16 , no. 1 , pp. 32 – 37 , 2021 .
