P. Halamickova et al., WATER PERMEABILITY AND CHLORIDE-ION DIFFUSION IN PORTLAND-CEMENT MORTARS - RELATIONSHIP TO SAND CONTENT AND CRITICAL PORE DIAMETER, Cement and concrete research, 25(4), 1995, pp. 790-802
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31
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology","Material Science
The pore structure of hydrated cement in mortar and concrete is quite
different from that of neat cement paste. The porous transition zones
formed at the aggregate-paste interfaces affect the pore size distribu
tion. The effect of the sand content on the development of pore struct
ure, the permeability to water, and the diffusivity of chloride ions w
as studied on portland cement mortars. Mortars of two water-to-cement
ratios and three sand volume fractions were cast together with pastes
and tested at degrees of hydration ranging from 45 to 70%. An electric
ally-accelerated concentration cell test was used to determine the coe
fficient of chloride ion diffusion while a high pressure permeability
cell was employed to assess liquid permeability. The coefficient of ch
loride ion diffusion varied linearly with the critical pore radius as
determined by mercury intrusion porosimetry while permeability was fou
nd to follow a power-law relationship vs. this critical radius. The da
ta set provides an opportunity to directly examine the application of
the Katz-Thompson relationship to cement-based materials.