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Pore Structure of Low Porosity DSP Cement Pastes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Sara A. Touse ,
Thomas A. Bier ,
Cheryl A. Knepfler ,
J. Francis Young  and
Richard L. Berger
Sara A. Touse
Affiliation:
Center for Cement Composite Materials, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
Thomas A. Bier
Affiliation:
Center for Cement Composite Materials, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
Cheryl A. Knepfler
Affiliation:
Center for Cement Composite Materials, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
J. Francis Young
Affiliation:
Center for Cement Composite Materials, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
Richard L. Berger
Affiliation:
Center for Cement Composite Materials, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

The pore structure of low porosity cement pastes containing varying quantities of silica fume has been examined using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and nitrogen adsorption (NA) measurements. The water:solid ratio for all DSP pastes studied was 0.18. It was observed that, as for conventional pastes, removal of water by solvent replacement with methanol minimizes changes to the pore structure. Vacuum or oven drying severely reduces specific surface area and obscures important trends.

It was found that capillary porosity in excess of 10 nm (100 Å) is essentially absent and that the pore volume measured can be considered an intrinsic part of the binding phase. The influence of silica fume and curing times on pore structure has been measured and the implications of the data will be discussed. Comparisons will be made with conventional cement pastes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 137: Symposium P – Pore Structure and Permeability of Cementitious Materials , 1988 , 449
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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