Design of Environmentally Friendly Ca-Alginate Beads for Self-Healing Cement-Based Materials

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Abstract

Ca-alginate beads have strong hygroscopicity, which have been used for the self-healing and internal curing of cement-based materials. However, ca-alginate beads in cement will chelate with calcium ions, which decreases the swelling rate of ca-alginate beads in the healing environment and is detrimental to the self-healing of cement-based materials. In this paper, the mechanism and steps for preparing ca-alginate beads with a lower ability to chelate with calcium ions were proposed based on protonation theory. In addition, the molecular structure and the swelling rates in cement filtrate and healing environment of ca-alginate beads prepared by the proposed method were characterized. The results showed that the ca-alginate beads prepared by the proposed method had higher molecular density and a lower ability to chelate with calcium ions. The swelling rate in the healing environment is not decreased. Furthermore, the equilibrium swelling rate in cement filtrate can satisfy the need for internal curing of cement-based materials.

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Zhang, X., & Ding, Y. (2022). Design of Environmentally Friendly Ca-Alginate Beads for Self-Healing Cement-Based Materials. Materials, 15(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175844

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