Effect of drying-rewetting on the alkali concentration of the concrete pore solution |
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Authors: | Patrice Rivard,Marc-André Bé rubé ,Jean-Pierre Ollivier |
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Affiliation: | a Département de Génie Civil, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada b Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, INSA-UPS, Toulouse 31077, France c Département de Géologie et de Génie Géologique, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada |
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Abstract: | Experience has shown that the pore solution alkalinity of resaturated concrete was lower than expected. Laboratory-concrete specimens were made with reactive aggregates, stored over water at 38 °C, and then broken into two pieces. The pore solution of half-specimens was extracted by high-pressure squeezing. The other half-specimens were dried at ambient air and rewetted in humid air to their initial weight. The pore solution was then extracted and compared with the composition results of the first extraction. The results obtained from this investigation confirmed that a certain part of the alkali ions in pore solution that had become fixed by drying are not subsequently extracted after rewetting. The alkali concentration [Na+K] was reduced from 34% to 61% by the drying and rewetting treatments. |
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Keywords: | Drying Alkalis Pore solution Concrete Extraction |
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