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Advances in Concrete Construction
  Volume 14, Number 4, October 2022 , pages 241-251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2022.14.4.241
 


The potential of unperforated cenosphere as an internal curing agent in fly ash-cement mortar
Aamar Danish and Mohammad Ali Mosaberpanah

 
Abstract
    This study investigates the performance of unperforated cenosphere (CS) as internal curing (IC) agent without removing the glass-crystalline film from the CS surface. In this study, fly ash-based cement mortars were prepared by incorporating 0-20% CS as cement replacement. To evaluate the efficiency of CS as an IC agent, various properties of CS and CS-incorporated mortars were studied. These properties include mercury intrusion porosimetry, absorption/desorption capacity, compressive strength, microstructural analysis, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The results revealed that unperforated CS can also be used as an IC agent without further processing (i.e., removal of the glass-crystalline film).
 
Key Words
    cenosphere; chemical etching; fly ash-cement mortars; internal curing agent; unperforated
 
Address
(1) Aamar Danish:
Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX-78666, USA;
(2) Mohammad Ali Mosaberpanah:
Civil Engineering Department, Cyprus International University, North Cyprus, Turkey.
 
References
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