Influence of the Interfacial Transition Zone and Interconnection on Chloride Migration of Portland Cement Mortar
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Available experimental studies on the effect of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) on transport properties of cement-based composite materials appear to be ambiguous. The main objective of this work was to enhance the understanding of the relationship between ITZ and transport properties of Portland cement-based materials by using both a rapid chloride migration test and theoretical calculations. A densification factor which is related to aggregate volume content was introduced to further determine the transport properties of ITZ. Results indicate that the overall porosity decreased with increasing aggregate volume content due to the dilution effect by impermeable aggregates. The porosity was above the theoretical dilution line obtained from P0×(1-Vagg) for mortars with more than 20% of aggregate, which can be attributed to the presence of high porous ITZ. On the other hand, more porous ITZ was expected to be accompanied by a denser bulk cement matrix, which leaded to a decrease in the porosity of mortar with less than 35% of aggregate. The ITZ effect would dominate the blocking aggregate, densification and tortuosity of bulk paste when aggregate volume content exceeded 0.35. The ratio between the migration coefficient of the ITZ and that of the matrix (DITZ/Dmatrix) increased with aggregate volume content and assumed ITZ thickness. In addition, the influence of ITZ increased with increasing the degree of interconnection slightly until 1.0. Beyond this value, a sudden increase in DITZ/Dmatrix ratio was observed indicating the negative percolation effect when the adjacent ITZ start to interconnect.
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OpenAlex topics: Concrete and Cement Materials Research · Concrete Properties and Behavior · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
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Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Tongji University), Ministry of Education, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China.
Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, Department of Structural Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Microlab, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
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