Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete
Wasted concrete was often used as a recycled aggregate instead natural stone in fresh concrete to reduce the environmental impact in a decade. However, because of the residual mortar interface, the performance of recycled aggregate was weaker. In this paper, the recycled aggregate was prewetted, and...
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| description | Wasted concrete was often used as a recycled aggregate instead natural stone in fresh concrete to reduce the environmental impact in a decade. However, because of the residual mortar interface, the performance of recycled aggregate was weaker. In this paper, the recycled aggregate was prewetted, and the effects of prewetted degree on the workability, strength, and durability of concrete were studied. The properties of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ), including microhardness, pore structure, and width, were also investigated. The results show that the workability intensity increased with the increase in prewetted degree from 0% to 100%, while the strength was first increased and then decreased with the optimal value of 43.3 MPa when the prewetted degree was 50–65%. The water absorption and chloride ion diffusion coefficient were also decreased by approximately 10% at minimum with the prewetted degree around 55% because of the declined fraction of pores larger than 50 μm and smaller porosity. The width of ITZ was first sharply decreased with a prewetted degree of 50–65%, then increased again with higher moisture, while microhardness of the ITZ showed the opposite trend and reached 82.7 MPa at maximum, at 50%. The appropriate moisture (50–65%) improved the pore structure and hydration products with an internal curing effect. When the moisture content was too high, the excess water was released from aggregate to the matrix, causing a higher water–cement ratio at ITZ; the porosity and the number of macrospores were increased to weaken the performance of concrete. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b3da11974b64f64a3ca2a9d675970d52023-11-23T17:31:10ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-09-011518629910.3390/ma15186299Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of ConcreteDaosheng Sun0Wei Huang1Kaiwei Liu2Rui Ma3Aiguo Wang4Yanmei Guan5Shansan Shen6Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaAnhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, ChinaWasted concrete was often used as a recycled aggregate instead natural stone in fresh concrete to reduce the environmental impact in a decade. However, because of the residual mortar interface, the performance of recycled aggregate was weaker. In this paper, the recycled aggregate was prewetted, and the effects of prewetted degree on the workability, strength, and durability of concrete were studied. The properties of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ), including microhardness, pore structure, and width, were also investigated. The results show that the workability intensity increased with the increase in prewetted degree from 0% to 100%, while the strength was first increased and then decreased with the optimal value of 43.3 MPa when the prewetted degree was 50–65%. The water absorption and chloride ion diffusion coefficient were also decreased by approximately 10% at minimum with the prewetted degree around 55% because of the declined fraction of pores larger than 50 μm and smaller porosity. The width of ITZ was first sharply decreased with a prewetted degree of 50–65%, then increased again with higher moisture, while microhardness of the ITZ showed the opposite trend and reached 82.7 MPa at maximum, at 50%. The appropriate moisture (50–65%) improved the pore structure and hydration products with an internal curing effect. When the moisture content was too high, the excess water was released from aggregate to the matrix, causing a higher water–cement ratio at ITZ; the porosity and the number of macrospores were increased to weaken the performance of concrete.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/18/6299microhardnesspore structureprewetted degreerecycled aggregatestrength |
| spellingShingle | Daosheng Sun Wei Huang Kaiwei Liu Rui Ma Aiguo Wang Yanmei Guan Shansan Shen Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete Materials microhardness pore structure prewetted degree recycled aggregate strength |
| title | Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete |
| title_full | Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete |
| title_fullStr | Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete |
| title_short | Effect of the Moisture Content of Recycled Aggregate on the Mechanical Performance and Durability of Concrete |
| title_sort | effect of the moisture content of recycled aggregate on the mechanical performance and durability of concrete |
| topic | microhardness pore structure prewetted degree recycled aggregate strength |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/18/6299 |
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