An investigation into the effect of various chemical and physical treatments of a South African phosphogypsum to render it suitable as a set retarder for cement

The work describes various physical and chemical treatments to eliminate the deleterious effects of impurities in phosphogypsum on the delayed setting time and impaired strength development behaviour of cement to which it was added as a set regulator. The physical treatments included washing, milling, and ultrasonic treatment of the material, while the chemical treatments dealt with acidic and basic additions to the phosphogypsum during the washing stage. It was found that chemical treatment with a milk of lime solution, which is often recommended in literature, was ineffective in reducing set retardation. Treatment with ammonium hydroxide or sulphuric acid was more effective in this regard. Intergrinding phosphogypsum with slaked lime improved its effectiveness in reducing set retardation, but the use of unslaked lime was less effective and also resulted in marked reductions in compressive strengths. A combined treatment of wet milling phosphogypsum with a lime slurry in a ball mall was derived from these experiments and is recommended for full-scale plant applications.     

Colloidal graphite as an admixture in cement and as a coating on cement for electromagnetic interference shielding

A water-based colloid of submicron graphite particles is an effective admixture for enhancing the EMI shielding effectiveness of cement paste, though it is ineffective for lowering the electrical resistivity. As an admixture, it is more effective for shielding than 15-μm-diameter discontinuous carbon fibers, though it is less effective than 0.1-μm-diameter discontinuous carbon filaments. A shielding effectiveness of 22 dB at 1 GHz is reached by cement paste at a solid graphite content of 0.92 vol.%, compared to a value of 11 dB for a coating made from the graphite colloid and a value of 14 dB for graphite-colloid-coated cement paste (without admixture).     

回归分析在水泥市场预测中的应用

回归分析法、弹性系数法、指数平滑法、移动平均法等是市场分析预测中常用的方法。本文介绍了其中的回归分析法,并就其在水泥市场预测中的具体应用进行了探讨。选取了四川省1988-2002年全社会固定资产投资与水泥需求量作为两个变量,验证了这两个变量之间的相关关系及相关程度,在确立了因变量(Y)和自变量(X)之后,通过回归检验并建立回归模型来分析预测了四川省2010年的水泥需求的点预测值及置信区间预测值。     

Industrially interesting approaches to “low-CO2” cements

This article discusses the practicality of replacing portland cements with alternative hydraulic cements that could result in lower total CO₂ emissions per unit volume of concrete of equivalent performance. Currently, the cement industry is responding rapidly to the perceived societal need for reduced CO₂ emissions by increasing the production of blended portland cements using supplementary cementitious materials that are principally derived from industrial by-products, such as blast-furnace slags and coal combustion fly ashes. However, the supplies of such by-products of suitable quality are limited. An alternative solution is to use natural pozzolans, although they must still be activated either by portland cement or lime or by alkali silicates or hydroxides, the production of all of which still involves significant CO₂ emissions. Moreover, concretes based on activated pozzolans often require curing at elevated temperatures, which significantly limits their field of application.The most promising alternative cementing systems for general concrete applications at ambient temperatures currently appear to be those based at least in part on calcium sulfates, the availability of which is increasing due to the widespread implementation of sulfur dioxide emission controls. These include calcium sulfoaluminate-belite-ferrite cements of the type developed in China under the generic name “Third Cement Series” (TCS) and other similar systems that make good use of the potential synergies among calcium sulfate, calcium silicate and calcium aluminate hydrates. However, a great deal more research is required to solve significant unresolved processing and reactivity questions and to establish the durability of concretes made from such cements. If we are to use these potentially more CO₂-efficient technologies on a large enough scale to have a significant global impact, we will also have to develop the performance data needed to justify changes to construction codes and standards.     

Pullout behavior of polypropylene fibers from cementitious matrix

A comprehensive experimental investigation was performed to understand the pullout behavior of polypropylene fibers from a cementitious matrix. The effect of embedded length on the pullout characteristics, the development of the interfacial bond with age of curing of matrix and the effect of exposure to degrading environments, like seawater and salt water, on the interfacial bond between the fibers and cementitious matrix were studied. The aim of these experiments was to understand the properties of fiber/matrix interface, which are of primary significance in predicting the overall behavior of fiber-reinforced cement-based composites. Polypropylene fibers have a weak bond with cementitious matrix because of smooth surface of fibers, which does not allow for sufficient friction to develop between the two. In this study a new method to improve the frictional bond by means of mechanical indentations of fibers was also proposed. The bonding performance was characterized by means of pullout tests of the plain and modified fibers from a cementitious matrix. An optimum level of fiber modification for maximization of bond efficiency was determined experimentally.     

A generalized approach for the determination of yield stress by slump and slump flow

The slump test (ASTM C-143) is the most common method for assessing the flow properties of fresh concrete. Although slump provides a qualitative measure of workability, the relationship between slump and more quantitative rheological parameters is not fully understood. In this study, a dimensionless model relating slump to yield stress is further developed and generalized as a function of cone geometry. Yield stress measurements of cement paste are performed using a vane technique and compared with slump measurements using cylindrical and conical geometries. The cylindrical slump model is in excellent agreement with the experimental yield stress data obtained using the vane method. The data for the conical slump measurements fit the cylindrical model at low yield stress values, but the results deviate as the yield stress of the paste increases. Most of the other slump models available in the literature, including finite element models, predict the same yield stress for a given slump when converted to dimensionless form. The results suggest that a fundamental relationship exists between yield stress and slump that is independent of the material under investigation and largely independent of cone geometry.     

磷石膏制水泥缓凝剂工艺述评

简要叙述了磷石膏利用的基本概况 ,介绍了几种各具特色的磷石膏制水泥缓凝剂的生产工艺流程 ,以及作者的实验流程     

羊三木油田套管破漏与套管封堵技术研究

随着羊三木油田开采时间的推移,由于受固井、采油、地质结构及套管腐蚀等因素的影响,造成部分油、水井套管破漏问题日益严重,使油水井不能正常生产。本文在分析羊三木油田套漏现状严重的基础上,特别对水泥返高以上的套管封堵工艺进行了探讨,旨在提高认识,规范施工,并提高羊三木油区水泥返高以上套管封堵一次成功率。     

Effect of fiber reinforcement on deformability properties of cemented sand

In this study, a series of unconfined compression tests have been performed to determine the effect of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber inclusion on deformation characteristics of cemented sand. The cement contents were 2, 4, and 6% by weight of the dry sand and samples were cured for 7 days. PVA fibers with a length of 12 mm and a diameter of 0.1 mm were added to sand-cement mixtures at a weight ratio of 0.0%, 0.3%, 0.6% and 1% (dry wt.). The compression stress-axial strain, secant modulus of elasticity (E₅₀), tangent modulus of elasticity (E_tan), failure mode, energy absorption capacity (EA), energy base index, strain base index, deformability index and axial strain at peak strength of the samples were described. Tests results show that addition of cement to sand increased stiffness and unconfined compression strength (UCS), and leading to a brittle behavior. Moreover, addition of PVA fibers to cemented sand increased the UCS and axial strain at peak strength and increased softening stress after the maximum strength. In addition, the fiber inclusion increases the energy absorption capacity and decreases the secant modulus of elasticity.     

Adsorption of Cations from a Cement Suspension onto Lignocellulosic Substrates and its Influence on Cement Setting

Abstract

The calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), and potassium (K) contents of blue gum, maritime pine, and cork increased after these lignocellulosics were stirred with the filtrate of a cement suspension or a solution of calcium hydroxide. The adsorbed cations could be released easily by treatment with an acidic solution. It is suggested that those raw materials, and lignocellulosics in general, act as cation exchange substrates when they are mixed with cement and water to make wood–cement composites. The implications that such phenomena may have on cement hardening reactions, and how they could hinder them are discussed. The possibility that the phenomenon is related to well‐known compatibility problems that many woods present when manufacturing wood–cement composites is discussed.