Diferenciación cinética y morfológica de ettringitas mediante metakaolín, cementos Portland y el ensayo ASTM C 452-68.Parte II: diferenciación morfológica mediante analisis por SEM y DRX

Abstract

The same cementitious materials (OPCs, SRPCs and matekaolin, MK), the same blended cements and the same ASTM C 452-68 test than in Part I, were used. Other complementary determinations were: chemical analysis of cementing materials, SEM and XRD analysis of ettringites and specific properties of some cement tested and of their pastes. The experimental results have also demonstrated that when 7.0% SO3, equivalent to 15.05% of gypsum, was added to the M pozzolan-containing Portland cement and tested with the ASTM C 452-68 method, it was not found to behave aggressively but rather as "setting regulator", because the increase in mechanical strengths over time and setting times in these mixes were, therefore, similar to the pattern observed in any PC. However, when the gypsum content was raised to triple than that amount (21.0% SO3), it behaved aggressively. In both cases, logically, ettringite from both origins were involved in the resulting beneficial or adverse behavior.