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Evaluation of Properties and Microstructure of Cement Paste Blended with Metakaolin Subjected to High Temperatures.

ABSTRACT: The effects of 10% metakaolin addition on compressive strength, water absorption, shrinkage and microstructure evolution of cement paste after elevated temperatures exposure from room temperature to 800 °C were evaluated. The experimental results show that compressive strength increases at 200 °C and 400 °C compared with that obtained at ambient temperature. Up to 800 °C, compressive strength decreases rapidly. The addition of 10% metakaolin leads to the enhancement of compressive strength regardless of exposure temperatures. After thermal exposure at 400 °C, compressive strength reaches the maximum value. Thermal exposure degrades pore structure. A polynomial equation was used to indicate the shrinkage of cement paste or metakaolin-blended cement paste with testing days. Mechanical properties, permeability resistance, and shrinkage in cement pastes are closely related to the microstructure development. 10% metakaolin addition presents better thermal resistance, lower shrinkage and denser microstructure compared with pure cement paste before and after thermal exposure.

SUBMITTER: Wang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6471423 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of Properties and Microstructure of Cement Paste Blended with Metakaolin Subjected to High Temperatures.

Wang Wenqiang W Liu Xinhao X Guo Liang L Duan Ping P

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20190321 6

The effects of 10% metakaolin addition on compressive strength, water absorption, shrinkage and microstructure evolution of cement paste after elevated temperatures exposure from room temperature to 800 °C were evaluated. The experimental results show that compressive strength increases at 200 °C and 400 °C compared with that obtained at ambient temperature. Up to 800 °C, compressive strength decreases rapidly. The addition of 10% metakaolin leads to the enhancement of compressive strength regar ...[more]

PMID: 30901857

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Evaluation of Properties and Microstructure of Cement Paste Blended with Metakaolin Subjected to High Temperatures.

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