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NBSIR 81-2273

*•!» FACTORS AFFECTING THE SOUNDNESS

OF BLENDED CEMENTS

Paul Wencil Brown

James R. Clifton

June 1 981

Prepared for: Department of Energy

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20545

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS. Ernest Ambler, Director

National bureau

or standards

library

SEP i 6 1981

no. zi

ABSTRACT

Blended cements containing fly ash and blastfurnace slag along with

admixed periclase were examined using autoclave curing as specified by ASTM

C151 and long-term immersion curing to assess their expansions as a function

of the curing conditions. In some instances, measurements of linear expansion were combined with compressive strength measurements. The partial

replacement of portland cement by fly ash while maintaining a fixed periclase

content was found to significantly reduce expansion as measured by ASTM C151.

Partial replacement by fly ash was also found to reduce the expansions which

occurred as a result of long-term immersion curing. However, significantly

larger expansions were observed in the latter case.

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Table of Contents

Page

ABSTRACT iii

LIST OF TABLES v LIST OF FIGURES vi

1. INTRODUCTION 1

2. REPORTED EFFECTS OF POZZOLAN ADDITIONS ON SOUNDNESS 3

3. LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS 5 4. RESULTS 5

4.1 Expansions Under Autoclave Conditions 5 4.2 Expansion Under Long-Term Immersion Curing Conditions 7 4.3 Formation of Magnisum Silicate Hydrate 16

5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 16

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17

7. REFERENCES 18

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List of Tables

Page

Table 1. Analyses of Cements and Fly Ashes 6

Table 2. Cube Strengths after 26 Weeks of Curing 11

v
List of Figures

Page

Figure 1. Autoclave expansion of cement fly ash MgO blends 8

Figure 2. Effects of fly ash on expansion under immersion

conditions 9

Figure 3. Relative expansions of Types I, IA, and IS cements

containing 3 percent MgO at 95°C 13

Figure 4. Relative expansions of Types I, IP, and IS cements

containing 7 percent MgO at 50°G 14

Figure 5. Relative expansions of Types I, IP, and IS cements

containing 3 percent MgO at 50°C 15

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FACTORS AFFECTING THE SOUNDNESS OF

BLENDED CEMENTS

Paul Wencil Brown

and

James R. Clifton

1 . Introduction

Dimensional stability is one of the most important characteristics

desired in concrete. Concrete will not be free of cracks or more severe

forms of disruption unless a high degree of dimensional stability is exhibited. Among the causes of dimensional instability is the hydration of periclase. Cements exhibiting excessive dimensional instability resulting from

the hydration of periclase or free lime are commonly referred to as being

unsound. This paper describes research as carried out to determine whether

the ASTM autoclave expansion test for soundness of cements (ASTM C151) [1],

which was originally developed for portland cements, is suitable for blended

cements

.

Periclase originating in the manufacture of portland cement clinker

normally hydrates at a very slow rate. If present in sufficient quantity,

periclase may cause disruptive expansion and cracking of concrete when the

internal stresses generated by its hydration exceed the tensile strength of

the hardened cement paste matrix. Since this may occur over a period of many

years, a variety of accelerated expansion tests have been devised to assess

this effect. These include:

1. the ASTM C151 autoclave expansion test (3 hours at 295 psi steam

pressure), [1]

2. the Le Chatelier test (1 hour in boiling water),

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3. the boiling water test (2 hours in boiling water), and

4. the cold water test (28 days in water at room temperature).'*' It

is current practice in the U.S. to rely on the ASTM C151 test to assess the

soundness of most types of cement. According to ASTM C151 unsoundness is

indicated when autoclave curing causes a length change exceeding:

0.8% for all types of portland cement [3]

0.5% for Type IP portland-pozzolan cement [4]

0.2% for Type IS portland-blast-f urnace slag cement [4]

The autoclave expansion test, ASTM C151, has been used since 1940 to

assess the soundness of portland cements. Similarly, since the adoption of

the ASTM C595 [4] Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements, this

test has been used to detect potential unsoundness of blended cements. However, the technical basis for the test does not seem to be well established

in this instance. “ Additions of granulated blast-furnace slag or pozzolans,

such as fly ash, to unsound portland cements have been reported to produce

blended cements with acceptable autoclave expansions [6-14]. It has, however

also been reported that blended cements containing bituminous fly ash which

have exhibited acceptable autoclave expansions have shown unsoundness when

cured for long periods at ambient temperatures [15-17]. This suggests that

the autoclave test may underestimate the long-term expansions of such cements

Gonnerman, et al. [2] have summarized a number of the soundness tests

previously used.

2 The applicability of the autoclave test to portland cements has recently

come under criticism as well [5].

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2 . Reported Effects of Pozzolan Additions on Soundness

Rosa [7-9] reported that the addition of fly ash has a stabilizing effect

on the expansions of high magnesium oxide (MgO) portland cements. Stabilization of portland cements by fly ash containing up to 15% MgO was reported to

occur under the autoclave conditions of ASTM C151 and for storage at room

temperature for a period of 10 years. Rosa attributes this stabilizing

effect to two factors:

1) formation of magnesium silicate hydrates which may inhibit

further periclase hydration; and, more importantly,

2) diminished hydration of the portland cement clinker present

due to the formation of low permeability C-S-H gel. This gel

results in part from the reaction of the lime liberated by the

hydrating cement with reactive silica present in the fly ash.

Therefore, it follows that because a smaller amount of clinker is hydrated a

smaller amount of periclase trapped within the clinker is available to hydrate

and cause expansion. In spite of this, strength is not diminished because

additional C-S-H gel forms from the lime-fly ash reaction. There is also a

dilution factor which will aid in the diminution of expansion, because the

effective periclase content of portland cement-fly ash mixture is reduced

commensurately with the fraction of fly ash present.

Dolezsai and Szatura [15] also observed diminished expansions in high

MgO (11 to 14%) portland cements containing fly ash when cured at room temperature and under autoclave conditions. However, the expansions which

occurred at room temperature were still large enough to cause unsoundness.

Based on these findings they concluded that the autoclave results were unduly

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optimistic and that the expansions observed under these conditions could not

be used as a basis for the prediction of expansion in field conditions.

Majumdar and Rehsi [18] investigated the important factors which lead to

the stabilization of high MgO portland cements under autoclave conditions when

fly ash is added. They attribute stabilization associated with the addition of

fly ash to several factors:

1) Mg(OH) ? crystals formed are smaller in size than with portland cement; thus, expansion due to anisotropic growth of

large Mg( 0H)2 crystals is minimized.

2) Formation of a magnesium silicate hydrate similar to Dewylite, in addition to Mg(0H)2 formation. However, because

the volume of Mg(0H) 9 which forms is large compared to the

volume of this magnesium silicate hydrate, the significance

of its formation with regard to diminished expansion is

uncertain

.

3) Development of a higher strength matrix which can better

O resist expansive forces due to the formation of 11 A C-S-H.

Rehsi and Garg [19] examined the room temperature expansion along with

compressive and tensile strengths of high MgO cements containing 30% fly ash.

The portland cement used in this investigation contained 10% MgO and 2.45%

free lime. Samples were stored under water for periods of up to 3 years. The

cements containing fly ash exhibited diminished expansions as compared to the

portland cement. It was also observed that after a curing period of about 100

days, the compressive and tensile strengths of the portland cement specimens

began to decrease and that this behavior was accompanied by the onset of large

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expansion. In contrast, the tensile and compressive strengths of the cements

containing fly ash continued to increase throughout the curing period. However,

the effect of the high free lime content on the expansion of the portland cement

used cannot be ignored.

3 . Laboratory Investigations

Five cements and one fly ash were used in the present study: One Type I

portand cement, 2 commercially available Type IS cements and 2 commercially

available Type IP cements. Table 1 presents the analysis of these materials.

Hard burned periclase was used as an admixture to the portland cements and was

prepared by grinding, air classifying, and proportioning to simulate the fineness of portland cement. Admixing periclase represents a more severe condition

than that resulting from the production of a cement containing an equivalent

periclase content since up to about 2% MgO can be incorporated as solid solutions in the anhydrous portland cement phases. In addition, unless the cement

hydrates completely, not all the periclase present may be available for hydration.

The periclase addition levels were, 0.5, 1.0, 3.0 and 7.0% by weight of total

solids. The cements were cured under three different conditions in this study.

These were: autoclave curing for 3 hours at 295 psi, and immersion curing at

50, and 95°C. All specimens were initially cured for 24 hours in the molds at

room temperature. Distilled water initially saturated with lime was used in the

immersion study.

4 . Results

4 . 1 Expansions under Autoclave Conditions

In an experiment to confirm the existence of a stabilizing effect associated with the addition of fly ash, a series of cement pastes containing 0, 15

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TABLE I

Chemical and Physical Analysis of Cements and Fly Ashes

Control

Type I

Cement

Fraction

IP-3

Cement

Fraction

IP-4

Type

IP-5

Type

IS2

Type

IS-6

Si0

2 20.66 20.95 20.57 33.75 25.20 22.32

A1 2°3 5.63 5.69 5.33 5.62 8.38 6 .64

Fe 2 0

3 2.49 2.24 2.78 2.18 0.60 2.12

CaO 63.09 65.05 64.00 54.03 54.09 60.20

MgO 3.76 1.32 2.70 1.48 4.80 3.97

s °3 2.71 2.99 2.90 2.45 2.43 2.80

Blaine

Fineness 3410 3830 3510 — 5219 4200

Ash

used with Ash Ash

Control Fraction Fraction

Type I IP-3 IP-4

Si0 o 43.6 58.60 50.0

Al o 0 o 22 .7 30.57 22.0

Fe 2°3 18.6 6.31 15.0

CaO 6.4 0.87 5 .2

MgO 1.1 1.0 1.1

Insol. - 87 .2 86.0

L.O.I 4.5 2.73 4.5

Blaine

Fineness 2857 - -

Physical Data on Types IP

IP-3 IP-4 IP-5

Blaine

Fineness 4796 3900 4015

% Type I 79 75 77

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% Gypsum 3 5 5 % Ash 18 20 18

% Air 4.7 - 6.0

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30, or 40 wt% admixed fly ash and 1.0 wt% of admixed periclase were cast as

1 x 1 x 10 inch (2.5 x 2.5, x 25.4 cm) prisms at a water to solids ratio of

0.35 and autoclave cured at 295 psi for 3 hours. The pastes made with the

cements containing 0, 15, and 30% fly ash and 1.0% periclase showed extensive

cracking and warpage and all fractured during the autoclave curing. The cement

containing 40% fly ash and 1% periclase showed slight warpage, no cracking,

and an average expansion of 1.8%.

A second series of cements containing 0.5% admixed periclase and a third

series containing no admixed periclase were cast and autoclave cured at 295 psi

for 3 hours. The expansion data are shown in Figure 1. These data, which are

the average of triplicate determinations, indicate that the expansion is reduced

by the addition of fly ash. The initial 15% flyash addition had the greatest

absolute effect while added increments provided only small additional improvements in dimensional stability. This figure also indicates the samples containing fly ash, when autoclave cured, showed a high degree of dimensional stability

in relation to the base portland cement in the absence of admixed periclase.

4 .2 Expansion Under Long-term Immersion Curing Conditions

To determine the effects of long-term immersion curing, a series of

cements containing 0, 15, and 40 wt% admixed fly ash and 0.5 wt% periclase were

cast, cured for 24 hours at room temperature and then immersion cured at 50 or

95°C. Periodically, the specimens were slowly cooled in water (3 to 4 hours)

to ambient temperature, removed, and their expansions measured. They were then

immediately reimmersed and slowly reheated (3 to 4 hours) to the appropriate

temperature. Figure 2 shows the expansions measured during 26 weeks of testing.

Control samples containing 0, 15, and 40% fly ash but no admixed periclase
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Analysis of these data indicate that:

1. partial replacement by 15% fly ash reduced the expansion observed at

both curing temperatures, the effect being particularly large at 95°C.

2. the expansions of those specimens containing 15 or 40% fly ash did

not differ significantly when cured at the same temperature,

3. the expansions which resulted from curing at 95°C always exceeded

those which resulted from curing at 50°C, and

4. with exception of the portland cement paste (0% flyash) cured at 50°C,

the expansions which had resulted after 26 weeks of immersion curing

at 50°C or at 95°C exceeded those which resulted from autoclave

curing (Figure 1).

The nature of the improved dimensional stability associated with fly ash

replacement was further examined by the measurement of compressive strengths.

Two inch (5.1 cm) mortar cubes with sand to (cement plus fly ash plus periclase)

to water ratios of 2.75 to 1.0 to 0.5 were cast and cured for 24 hours at room

temperature. These cubes were then immersed for 26 weeks at 23, 50 or 95°C.

Fly ash replacements of 0, 15, 30, or 40 wt% were used and the admixed periclase content was 0.5% of the weight of the portland cement plus fly ash. The

strength data are presented in Table 2.

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TABLE 2

Compressive Strengths of Mortar Cubes after 26 weeks of Curing, MPa (psi)

PERCENT FLY ASH

CURING

TEMP. 0 15 30 40

23°C # 43.9 (6370) 54.7 (7930) 50.8 (7365) 50.3 (7300)

50° C # 46.5 (6745) 52.2 (7565) 46.2 (6700) 43.7 (6335)

95°C * 57.4 (8330) 74.7 (10840) 56.1 (8130) 52.1 (7555)

# average of 3 cubes

* average of 6 cubes

These strength data indicate that:

(1) The highest compressive strengths at each composition resulted from

immersion wring at 95°C,

(2) partial replacement of 15% fly ash gave the highest compressive

strength at each curing temperature,

(3) those samples which contained fly ash exhibited strength minima when

cured at 50°C as compared with those cured at 23 or 95°C.

A comparison of the strength data from Table 2 with the expansion data from

Figure 2 indicates that diminution in the expansions observed at 50 and 95°

C

resulting from presence of 15% fly ash may be attributed to higher compressive

strengths. However, the improved dimensional stability resulting from the

presence of 40% fly ash cannot be explained on the basis of strength alone;

nor can the relative expansions of the portland cement observed at 50 and 95°C.

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This does not necessarily imply that the relative rates of strength gain and

periclase hydration do not have a significant effect and this was investigated

further by examining the effects of higher periclase addition levels. Three

or 7% periclase was added to the Type IP and Type IS cements and the control

Portland cement. Specimens of these compositions were then immersion cured

at 50 or 95°C. Those samples containing 7% periclase which were cured at 95°C

disintegrated before a definitive assessment of their relative volume changes

could be made. The behavior of the cements containing 3% periclase which were

cured at 95°C is shown in Figure 3. The two Type IS cements expanded more

rapidly than the Type I and Type IP cements; however, by 8 weeks all had

expanded beyond 3%. Although all the specimens showed warpage to some degree,

only one, Type IS-2, fractured. Immersion curing at 50°C also resulted in

large expansions when the periclase content was 7%, Figure 4. In this case

the Type I portland cement showed the lowest overall rate of expansion,

although ultimately all the cements exhibited expansions exceeding 3%. When

the periclase content was reduced to 3% and curing carried out at 50°C, both

the rate of expansion and extent of expansion of each cement was reduced,

Figure 5. In this case, however, the expansion of the Type I portland cement

exceeded those of the Type IS and Type IP cements, while the latter types

showed a relatively high degree of dimensional stability.

The data in Figure 3, 4, and 5 indicate that the relative expansions

shown by these cement types is not only a function of periclase content but

to a large extent, depends on the curing conditions. At a high periclase

content or under severe exposure condition, the Type I cement showed the

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4 .3 Formation of Magnesium Silicate Hydrate

To assess the possible effects of the formation of magnesium silicate

hydrate on volume stabilization, an analysis using scanning electron microscopy was performed on fracture surfaces of a Type I portland cement and a

Type I portland cement, 30 wt% fly-ash blend containing 15% admixed periclase.

The cements were cured at 95°C for 28 days and the formation of a magnesium

silicate hydrate was confirmed in both cements by energy dispersive 24-ray

analysis. However, an Z-ray powder diffraction analysis revealed only the

presence of Mg( 0 H)

2

5 in addition to the peaks expected from the hydrating

cement, indicating that only a small amount of magnesium silicate hydrate

was formed. Therefore, it appears that the of magnesium silicate hydrate

does form in quatities sufficient to have an effect on diminishing expansion.

5 . Discussion and Conclusions

The results of this study indicate that the partial replacement of portland cement by bituminous fly ash while maintaining a fixed periclase content

can improve stability under autoclave curing or under long-term curing at temperatures up to 95°C. A 15% fly ash replacement reduced the autoclave expansions by about 5-fold when the periclase content was maintained at 0.5% of

total solids. Similar reductions in expansion were observed in specimens

containing 15% fly ash and 0.5% admixed periclase when immersion cured for

26 weeks at 50 or 95°C. However, the autoclave test yielded expansions which

were consistently less than those taking place when samples were immersion

cured indicating that the autoclave test may underestimate the potential

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expansions of cements containing fly ash. Alternatively, samples containing

0.5% admixed periclase and cured at 95°C were still continuing to expand

after 26 weeks. This indicates that, while the ASTM C151 atuoclave test

may underestimate expansion in some instances, immersion curing does not

result in full expansion in a reasonable time frame.

The formation of a matrix of higher strength than that of the portland

cement appears to be one of the factors responsible for the reduction in

expansion associated with replacement by 15% fly ash regardless of curing

condition. However, the relationship between strength and expansion is

not straightforward in that specimens having higher strengths also showed

larger expansions in some instances.

6 . Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the U.S. Department of Energy, Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Applications, Alternative Materials Utilization Brance for supporting this study.

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literature survey, mention it here.) Blended cements containing fly ash and blastfurnace slag were examined

to assess their soundness in the presence of admixed MgO. Measurements

of linear expansion were combined with compressive strength determinations

to evaluate the volume stabilities of samples cured under various

conditions. The effects of magnesium silicate formation on volume

stability were also examined.

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VA. 22161 UNCLASSIFIED $5.00

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