Pozzolanic Reaction of a Biomass Waste as Mineral Addition to Cement Based Materials: Studies by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Source abstract
Abstract
Non-fossil alternative fuels from biomass (agro-industrial, forestry and fodder plants) focus on getting cleaner, cheaper and more environmentally friendly energy sources directly related to the sustainable development of future societies. The resulting ash produced from the biomass calcination is a viable alternative for use as supplementary cementing materials in the construction industry. This study explores the scientific knowledge of calcium-silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel formation during pozzolanic reaction between the biomass ash and calcium hydroxide through nuclear magnetic resonance technique with two different types of elephant grass ash that have different microstructure. The ash with the highest initial percentage of Q4 and Q3 units was found to react most actively and give rise to gels with the greatest inter-tetrahedral connectivity. In contrast, ash with higher content of total SiO2, exhibited lower reactivity and the C-S-H gel formed is characterised by low inter-tetrahedral connectivity from the earliest ages. Evaluation of C-S-H gel by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), as main hydrated phase for the engineering properties, revealed the potential of this tool to determine the effectiveness of this type of grass as raw material in cementing matrices through the evolution of the microstructure of the gel C-S-H formed.
Source: openalex_inverted_index · Quality: baseline
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Clay minerals and soil interactions · Concrete and Cement Materials Research · Coal and Its By-products
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (32)
Show source-provided references
1. Abbasi, T., & Abbasi, S. A. (2010). Biomass energy and the environmental impacts associated with its production and utilization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14, 919–937.10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.006 ↗
2. Aldahdooh, M. A. A., Muhamad, B. N., & Johari, M. M. A. (2014). Influence of palm oil fuel ash on ultimate flexural and uniaxial tensile strength of green ultra-high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites. Materials and Design, 54, 694–701.10.1016/j.matdes.2013.08.094 ↗
3. Dai, Z., Tran, T. T., & Skibsted, J. (2014). Aluminum incorporation in the C-S-H phase of white portland cement-metakaolin blends studied by 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97, 2662–2671.10.1111/jace.13006 ↗
4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved April 4, 2014 from http://www.FAO.org .
5. Frías, M., Rodríguez, O., & Sánchez de Rojas, M. I. (2015). Paper sludge, an environmentally sound alternative source of MK based cementitious materials. A review. Construction and Building Materials, 74, 37–48.10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.10.007 ↗
6. Frías, M., Sánchez de Rojas, M. I., Luxan, M. P., & García, N. (1991). Determination of specific surface-area by the laser diffraction technique—comparison with the Blaine permeability method. Cement and Concrete Research, 21, 709–717.10.1016/0008-8846(91)90165-E ↗
7. Frías, M., Savastano, H., Villar, E., de Rojas, M. I. S., & Santos, S. (2012). Characterization and properties of blended cement matrices containing activated bamboo leaf wastes. Cement and Concrete Composites, 34, 1019–1023.10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.05.005 ↗
8. Frías, M., Villar, E., & Savastano, H. (2011). Brazilian sugar cane bagasse ashes from the cogeneration industry as active pozzolans for cement manufacture. Cement and Concrete Composites, 33, 490–496.10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.02.003 ↗
9. Fyfe, C. A., Gobbi, G. C., Klinowski, J., Putnis, A., & Thomas, J. M. (1983). Characterization of local atomic environments and quantitative-determination of changes in site occupancies during the formation of ordered synthetic cordierite by Si-29 and Al-27 magic-angle spinning NMR-spectroscopy. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 10, 556–558.10.1039/c39830000556 ↗
10. Fyfe, C. A., Gobbi, G. C., & Putnis, A. (1986). Elucidation of the mechanism and kinetics of the Si, Al ordering process in synthetic magnesium cordierite by Si-29 magic angle spinning NMR-spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 108, 3218–3223.10.1021/ja00272a010 ↗
11. Groves, G. W., & Rodger, S. A. (1989). The hydration of C3S and ordinary portland cement with relatively large additions of microsilica. Advances in Cement Research, 2, 135–140.10.1680/adcr.1989.2.8.135 ↗
12. Hjorth, J., Skibsted, J., & Jakobsen, H. J. (1988). 29Si MAS NMR studies of Portland cement components and effects of microsilica on the hydration reaction. Cement and Concrete Research, 18, 789–798.10.1016/0008-8846(88)90104-4 ↗
13. Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA). (2012). Diagnóstico dos resíduos orgânicos do setor agrossilvopastoril e agroindústrias associadas. Relatório de Pesquisa, Brasília.
14. John, V. M., Cincotto, M. A., & Silva, M. G. (2003). Cinzas e Aglomerantes Alternativos. In W. J. Freise & A. L. Beraldo (Eds.), Tecnologia e Materiais Alternativos de Construção (pp. 145–190). Editora da UNICAMP: Campinas.
15. Juenger, M. C. G., & Siddique, R. (2015). Recent advances in understanding the role of supplementary cementitious materials in concrete. Cement and Concrete Research, 78, 71–80.10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.03.018 ↗
16. Khan, M. I. K., & Siddique, R. (2011). Utilization of silica fume in concrete: review of durability properties. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 57, 30–35.10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.09.016 ↗
17. Lagerblad, B., Jennings, H. M., & Chen, J. J. (2013). In abstracts of 1st international symposium on nanotechnology in construction, NANOCOM, Paisley, 23–25 June.
18. Laridjani, M., Lafontaine, E., Bayle, J. P., & Judeinstein, P. J. (1999). Structural studies of ideal organic-inorganic nanocomposites by high resolution diffractometry and NMR spectroscopy techniques. Journal of Materials Science, 34, 5945–5953.10.1023/A:1004711709642 ↗
19. Le Saoût, G., Lécolier, E., Rivereau, A., & Zanni, H. (2006). Chemical structure of cement aged at normal and elevated temperatures and pressures. Part II: Low permeability class G-oilwell cement. Cement and Concrete Research, 36, 428–433.10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.11.005 ↗
20. Lima, S. P. B., Vasconcelos, R. P., Paiva, O. A., Cordeiro, G., Chaves, M. R. M., Toledo, R. D., et al. (2011). Production of silica gel from residual rice husk ash. Química Nova, 34, 71–75.10.1590/S0100-40422011000100014 ↗
21. Moon, J., Taha, M. M. R., Youm, K. S., & Kim, J. J. (2016). Investigation of pozzolanic reaction in nanosilica-cement blended pastes based on solid-state kinetic models and 29Si MAS NMR. Materials, 9, 99–111.10.3390/ma9020099 ↗
22. Moraes, J. C. M., Melges, L. P., Akasaki, J. L., Tashima, M. M., Soriano, L., Monzó, J., et al. (2016). Pozozlanic reactivity studies on a biomass-derived waste from sugar cane production: Sugar cane straw ash. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4, 4273–4279.10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00770 ↗
23. Nakanishi, E. Y., Frías, M., Martínez-Ramírez, S., Santos, S. F., Rodrigues, M. S., Rodríguez, O., et al. (2014). Characterization and properties of elephant grass ashes as supplementary cementing material in pozzolan/Ca(OH)2 pastes. Construction and Building Materials, 73, 391–398.10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.078 ↗
24. Nozahic, V., & Amziane, S. (2012). Influence of sunflower aggregates surface treatments on physical properties and adhesion with a mineral binder. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 43, 1837–1849.10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.07.011 ↗
25. Payá, J., Monzó, J., & Borrachero, M. V. (2001). Physical, chemical and mechanical properties of fluid catalytic cracking catalyst residue (FC3R) blended cements. Cement and Concrete Research, 31, 57–61.10.1016/S0008-8846(00)00432-4 ↗
26. Sáez del Bosque, I. F., Martínez-Ramírez, S., & Blanco-Varela, M. T. (2013). Combined effect of amorphous nanosilica and temperature on white portland cement hydration. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52, 11866–11874.10.1021/ie401318j ↗
27. Sáez del Bosque, I. F., Martínez-Ramírez, S., & Blanco-Varela, M. T. (2014). FTIR study of the effect of temperature and nanosilica on the nanostructure of C-S-H gel formed by hydrating tricalcium silicate. Construction and Building Materials, 52, 314–323.10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.10.056 ↗
28. Sánchez de Rojas, M. I., Frías, M., Rodríguez, O., & Ribera, J. (2014). Durability of blended pastes containing ceramic waste as a pozzolanic addition. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97, 1543–1551.10.1111/jace.12882 ↗
29. Siddique, R. (2011). Utilization of silica fume in concrete: Review of hardened properties. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 55, 923–932.10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.06.012 ↗
30. Smith, J. V., & Blackwell, C. S. (1983). Nuclear magnetic resonance of silica polymorphs. Nature, 303, 223–225.10.1038/303223a0 ↗
31. Urbanova, M., Kobera, L., & Brus, J. (2013). Factor analysis of 27Al MAS NMR spectra for identifying nanocrystalline phases in amorphous geopolymers. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 51, 734–742.10.1002/mrc.4009 ↗
32. Wieker, W., Grimmer, A. R., Winkler, A., Mägi, M., Tarmak, M., & Lippmaa, E. (1982). Solid-state high-resolution 29Si NMR spectroscopy of synthetic 14 Å, 11 Å and 9 Å Tobermorites. Cement and Concrete Research, 12, 333–339.10.1016/0008-8846(82)90081-3 ↗