Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6712480 | Construction and Building Materials | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Depending on its hydraulic activity, the use of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GBFS) in cementitious materials contributes to improve their durability performances. In this paper, a low reactive Granulated Blast Furnace Slag with is used in modifying mortar composition. Some durability properties of mixes containing 0, 30 and 50% of slag as substitution to OPC are studied. Diffusion and conduction of chlorides at long term are analyzed with different initial wet curing periods. Microstructure of mortars after 360â¯days of diffusion is observed by means of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry. The oxygen permeability is analysed at 90 and 360â¯days of wet curing. The results indicate good performances to chloride diffusion of the mortars with GBFS, especially for a prolonged wet curing. Moreover, the GBFS are inefficient for oxygen permeability at 90â¯days but they however allow a decreasing over long term.
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Authors
Ahmed Hadj Sadok, Luc Courard,