Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56950
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Microstructure and hardness of cement pastes with mineral admixture
Authors: Dayana Cristina Silva Garcia
Marcela Maira Nascimento de Souza Soares
Augusto Cesar da Silva Bezerra
Maria Teresa Paulino Aguilar
Roberto Braga Figueiredo
Abstract: Portland cement pastes are highly heterogeneous material and exhibits heterogeneous features over a wide range of length scales. Mechanical properties of microstructure can be determined using depth-sensing inden tation. Coupled indentation/SEM technique can be used to location the indents and provides a way to deter mine the mechanical properties of a specific phase. Thus, the present paper aims to determine the hardness of different phases of cement pastes prepared with different mineral admixtures including sugarcane bagasse ash. The microstructure of cement pastes prepared with different mineral admixtures is analyzed by X ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and dynamic hardness tests on polished sections. The different backscatter coefficient allows to differentiate anhydrous phases from C-S-H, calcium hydroxide, silica fume and quartz. A grid of indentation is used to determine the hardness of the different phases and a complete phase segmentation of the different samples is achieved. The results show that the hardness of the different phases follow the sequence (from higher to lower hardness) quartz, anhydrous particles, calcium hydroxide, C-S-H and agglomerated silica fume. The presence of agglomerated silica fume is clearly observed in scan ning electron microscopy images and the poor mechanical properties of these areas might compromise the cement pastes. The microstructure of cement pastes prepared with sugarcane bagasse ashes is similar to the observed in samples with crushed quartz.
Subject: Cimento
Microscopio eletronico
language: por
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA MATERIAIS E DA CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL
ENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA METALÚRGICA
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-707620170002.0145
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56950
Issue Date: 2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.scielo.br/j/rmat/a/mvngtFLLcxBfrtmZ6CvRxhj/?lang=en#
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)
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