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Reches , Dr. Florence Sanchez□
◊Department of Engineering, University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, TN 38237
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□Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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Fe2O3, bentonite and halloysite) immersed in Ca(OH)2, to K2SO4
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repulsion). KCl and
study the pozzolanic reactivity of NP’s alone.
KOH
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and Engineering (VINSE),Vanderbilt
K2SO4 remain
Fly ash (FA) containing NP’s immersed in Ca(OH)2, to -40
Ca(OH)2
University Civil and Environmental Lab with
positive.
study effect of NP’s on pozzolanic reaction of FA. -60
1.00E-07 1.00E-06 1.00E-05 1.00E-04 1.00E-03 1.00E-02 1.00E-01 1.00E+00
a special thanks to Prof. Florence Sanchez,
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Z average particle size of salt solutions with anion OH Ph.D. and Yonathan Reches, MS. This work was
Results and Discussion:
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supported by the National Science Foundation Research
700.0
agglomeration due
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Experience for Undergraduates, Grant DMR-1263182 and
to surface charge
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500.0 KOH
Halloysite appeared to DOE NEUP DE-NE0000734.
400.0
NaOH balancing (~10-4
be the most 300.0
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Ca(OH)2
mol/L) and charge
pozzolanically reactive. 100.0
screening (~10-2 REFERENCES
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1.00E-07 1.00E-06 1.00E-05 1.00E-04 1.00E-03 1.00E-02 1.00E-01 1.00E+00
mol/L).
F. Sanchez and K. Sobolev, “Nanotechnology in concrete-A
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Z average particle size of salt solutions with cation K [1]
review,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 24, pp. 2060-
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Agglomeration for 2071, 2010.
SiO2 appeared to be Cl- and SO42- anions
Z average (nm)
500 KCl
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1.00E-07 1.00E-06 1.00E-05 1.00E-04 1.00E-03 1.00E-02 1.00E-01 1.00E+00 SEM background image provided by Yonathan Reches
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