PURPOSES : This paper presents the experimental results of tests conducted on concrete produced with air-cooled (AS) and water-cooled (WS) ground blast-furnace slag exposed to multi-deterioration environments of carbonation and scaling. METHODS : Carbonated and uncarbonated concrete specimens were regularly monitored according to the ASTM C 672 standard to evaluate the durability of concrete exposed to both scaling and combined carbonation and scaling conditions. Additionally, mechanical properties, such as compressive strength, flexural strength, and surface electric resistivity, were analyzed. RESULTS : It was found that concrete specimens produced with AS and WS had a beneficial effect on the mechanical properties because of the latent hydraulic properties of the AS and WS mineral admixtures. Moreover, carbonated concrete showed good scaling resistance in comparison to uncarbonated concrete, particularly for concrete produced with AS and WS. CONCLUSIONS : The improved scaling resistance of carbonated concrete showed that AS is a suitable option for binders used in cement concrete pavements subjected to combined carbonation and scaling.

Geopolymers have many advantages over Portland cement, including energy efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, high strength at early age and improved thermal resistance. Alkali activated geopolymers made from waste materials such as fly ash or blast furnace slag are particularly advantageous because of their environmental sustainability and low cost. However, their durability and functionality remain subjects for further study. Geopolymer materials can be used in various applications such as fire and heat resistant fiber composites, sealants, concretes, ceramics, etc., depending on the chemical composition of the source materials and the activators. In this study, we investigated the thermal properties and microstructure of fly ash and blast furnace slag based geopolymers in order to develop eco-friendly construction materials with excellent energy efficiency, sound insulation properties and good heat resistance. With different curing times, specimens of various compositions were investigated in terms of compressive strength, X-ray diffraction, thermal property and microstructure. In addition, we investigated changes in X-ray diffraction and microstructure for geopolymers exposed to 1,000 oC heat.

This study was performed in order to obtain the effect of the compressive strength of the cured product with manufacturing conditions (amounts of fine aggregate and different types of alkali activator). Material which is the basis of the cured product was used for the blast furnace slag, which has a latent hydraulic activity. Consequently, when using sodium hydroxide as the alkali activator, it is possible to obtain a higher compressive strength than using the calcium hydroxide. And also, it can be added a 10% of fine aggregate with blast furnace slag to improve the compressive strength.

PURPOSES: This study investigates the mechanical performance of carbon-capturing concrete that mainly contains blast furnace slag. METHODS: The mixture variables were considered; these included Portland cement content, which was varied from 10% to 40% of the blast furnace slag by weight. The specimens were exposed to different conditions such as high N2 and O2 concentrations, laboratory conditions and high CO2 conditions. Mechanical performances, including compressive and flexural strengths and carbon-capturing depth, were evaluated. RESULTS : The slump, air content and unit weight were not affected significantly by the variation in cement content. The strength development when the specimens were exposed to high purity air was slightly greater than that when exposed to high CO2. As the cement content increased the compressive and flexural strength increased but not considerably. The carbon-capturing capacity decreased as the cement content increased. The specimens exposed in the field for 70 days had flexural strength greater than 3 MPa. CONCLUSIONS : The results indicate that cement content is not an important parameter in the development of compressive and flexural strengths. However, the carbon-capturing depth was higher for less cement content. Even after field exposure for 70 days, neither any significant damage on the surface nor any decrease in strength was observed.

고로슬래그는 유동성 장기강도 및 내구성이 좋고 수화열을 낮아 경화체를 제조함에 따른 적용성이 우수하지만, 몇 가지 문제점을 갖는다. 시공시간이 증가하고 회전속도가 늦고 초기강도가 낮다. 본 연구에서는 알칼리활성화를 이용한 경화체 제조에 있어 필요한 알칼리 수용액을 해수담수화 과정에서 발생하는 농축수의 전기분해를 통하여 공급하였으며. 알칼리 수용액을 이용하여 고로슬래그와 경화체를 제작하였다. 결과는 다음과 같이 요약할 수 있다 : 모르타르의 압축강도는 NaOH 2%이하일 때는 감소하고, 6% 이하까지는 증가한다. 그리고 NaOCl의 함량이 증가할수록 압축강도도 증가한다. 그러나 NaCl이 모르타르에 존재하면 초기강도보다 재령 28일차 강도는 감소하게 된다.

PURPOSES: In this study, alkali-activated blast-furnace slag (AABFS) was investigated to determine its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide and to demonstrate the feasibility of its use as an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC). In addition, this study was performed to evaluate the influence of the alkali-activator concentration on the absorption capacity and physicochemical characteristics. METHODS: To determine the characteristics of the AABFS as a function of the activator concentration, blast-furnace slag was activated by using calcium hydroxide at mass ratios ranging from 6 to 24%. The AABFS pastes were used to evaluate the carbon dioxide absorption capacity and rate, while the OPC paste was tested under the same conditions for comparison. The changes in the surface morphology and chemical composition before and after the carbon dioxide absorption were analyzed by using SEM and XRF. RESULTS: At an activator concentration of 24%, the AABFS absorbed approximately 42g of carbon dioxide per mass of paste. Meanwhile, the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed onto the OPC was minimal at the same activator concentration, indicating that the AABFS actively absorbed carbon dioxide as a result of the carbonation reaction on its surface. However, the carbon dioxide absorption capacity and rate decreased as the activator concentration increased, because a high concentration of the activator promoted a hydration reaction and formed a dense internal structure, which was confirmed by SEM analysis. The results of the XRF analyses showed that the CaO ratio increased after the carbon dioxide absorption. CONCLUSIONS : The experimental results confirmed that the AABFS was capable of absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide, suggesting that it can be used as a dry absorbent for carbon capture and sequestration and as a feasible alternative to OPC. In the formation of AABFS, the activator concentration affected the hydration reaction and changed the surface and internal structure, resulting in changes to the carbon dioxide absorption capacity and rate. Accordingly, the activator ratio should be carefully selected to enhance not only the carbon capture capacity but also the physicochemical characteristics of the geopolymer.

PURPOSES : In this study blast furnace slag, an industrial byproduct, was used with an activating chemicals, Ca(OH)2 and Na2SiO3 for carbon capture and sequestration as well as strength development. METHODS: This paper presents the optimized mixing design of Carbon-Capturing and Sequestering Activated Blast-Furnace Slag Mortar. Design of experiments in order to the optimized mixing design was applied and commercial program (MINITAB) was used. Statistical analysis was used to Box-Behnken (B-B) method in response surface analysis. RESULTS : The influencing factors of experimental are water ratio, Chemical admixture ratio and Curing temperature. In the results of response surface analysis, to obtain goal performance, the optimized mixing design for Carbon-Capturing and Sequestering Activated Blast- Furnace Slag Mortar were water ratio 40%, Chemical admixture ratio 58.78% and Curing temperature of 60℃. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with previous studies of this experiment is to some extent the optimal combination is expected to be reliable.

본 연구에서는 활성 산업부산물을 활용한 탄소흡수용 도로재료 개발 연구의 일환으로 산업부산물인 고로슬래그와 탄소포집 활성화제로 수산화칼슘과 규산나트륨을 사용한 콘크리트의 압축강도 실험을 수행하여 얻어진 결과에 대하여 고찰하였다. 본 실험에서는 탄소포집 활성 고로슬래그 콘크리트의 예비배합으로 다음 표 1과 같은 배합표에 따라 콘크리트 시험체 제작 후 압축강도를 측정하였다. 탄소포집 활성 고로슬래그 콘크리트의 양생온도에 따른 압축강도 실험결과, 양생온도 50℃에서의 28일 압축강도가 최대 약 30MPa 정도의 수준을 나타내었으며, 전반적으로 양생온도가 더 높은 50℃에서 양생 한 시험체의 압축강도가 다소 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 탄소포집 활성화제의 첨가량 증가에 따른 압축 강도의 변화폭이 미미한 수준으로 나타났으며, 따라서 추후 실험에서는 배합비, 양생방법 등을 고려한 추가적인 실험이 진행되어져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

PURPOSES : To investigate the fundamental characteristics of blast-furnace slag mortar that was hardened with activating chemicals to capture and sequester carbon dioxide. METHODS : Various mix proportions were considered to find an appropriate stregnth development in regards with various dosages of activating chemicals, calcium hydroxides and sodium silicates, and curing conditions, air-dried, wet and underwater conditions. Flow characteristics was investigated and setting time of the mortar was measured. At different ages of 3, 7 and 28days, strength development was investigated for all the mix variables. At each age, samples were analyzed with XRD. RESULTS : The measured flow values showed the mortar lost its flowability as the activating chemicals amount increased in the scale of mole concentration. The setting time of the mortar was relatively shorter than OPC mortar but the initial curing condition was important, such as temperature. The amount of activating chemicals was found not to be critical in the sense of setting time. The strength increased with the increased amount of chemicals. The XRD analysis results showed that portlandite peaks reduced and clacite increased as the age increased. This may mean the Ca(OH)2 keeps absorbing CO2 in the air during curing period. CONCLUSIONS : The carbon capturing and sequestering activated blast-furnace slag mortar showed successful strength gain to be used for road system materials and its carbon absorbing property was verified though XRD analysis.

Furnace slag powder used currently in Korea needs to add special functions in response to the increase of large-scale projects. In addition, it is advantageous in that it has a lower hydration heat emission rate than ordinary Portland cement and improves properies such as the inhibition of alkali aggregate reaction, watertightness, salt proofness, seawater resistance and chemical reslstance. However, furnace slag powder is not self-hardening, and requires activators such as alkali for hydration. Accordingly, if recycled fine aggregate, from which calcíum hydroxide is generated, and furnace slag, which requires alkali stimulation, are used together they play mutually complementary roles, so we expect to use the mixture as a resource-recycling construction material. Thus the present study purposed to examine the properties and characteristics of furnace slag powder and recycled aggregate, to manufacture recycled fine aggregate mortar using furnace slag and analyze its performance based on the results of an experiment, to provide materials on mortar using furnace slag as a cement additive and recycled fine aggregate as a substitute of aggregate, and ultimately to provide basic materials on the manufacturing of resource-recycled construction materials using binder and fine aggregate as recycled resources.

Furnace slag powder used currently in Korea needs to add special functions in response to the increase of large-scale projects. In addition, it is advantageous in that it has a lower hydration heat emission rate than ordinary Portland cement and improves properties such as the inhibition of alkali aggregate reaction, watertightness, salt proofness, seawater resistance and chemical resistance. However, furnace slag powder is not self-hardening, and requires activators such as alkali for hydration. Accordingly, if recycled fine aggregate, from which calcium hydroxide is generated, and furnace slag, which requires alkali stimulation, are used together they play mutually complementary roles, so we expect to use the mixture as a resource-recycling construction material. Thus the present study purposed to examine the properties and characteristics of furnace slag powder and recycled aggregate, to manufacture recycled fine aggregate mortar using furnace slag and analyze its performance based on the results of an experiment, to provide materials on mortar using furnace slag as a cement additive and recycled fine aggregate as a substitute of aggregate, and ultimately to provide basic materials on the manufacturing of resource-recycled construction materials using binder and fine aggregate as recycled resources.

본 연구는 원자력 시설 해체 시 발생되는 저준위 및 극저준위 폐토양, 점토와 산업부산물인 고로슬 래그를 이용하여 방사성 폐기물을 안전하게 담지할 수 있는 비소성 시멘트의 제조 가능성을 평가하고 광물· 형태학적 분석을 통하여 생성된 반응 물질에 대하여 고찰하였다. 본 연구에서는 (1) 폐토양, 점토 및 고로슬 래그의 특성 분석, (2) 폐토양, 점토 및 고로슬래그를 고화재 및 성분조정제로 이용한 원전 해체 폐기물 담지를 위 한 비소성 시멘트 제조 및 최적의 배합 비율 도출, (3) 제조된 비소성 시멘트 고화체의 수화반응 생성물질에 대하여 광물·형태학적 분석 등을 수행하였다. 비소성 시멘트 고화체의 광물·형태학적 분석 결과, 폐토양과 점 토는 수화반응 생성물이 관측되지 않았으며, 고로슬래그의 경우 고화체의 강도를 발현시킬 수 있는 수화반응 생성물질인 calcium silicate hydrate (CSH), 에트링가이트(ettringite)가 생성되는 것을 확인하였다. 폐토양, 점 토를 고화재로 이용한 비소성 시멘트의 재령 28일 후 고화체는 최적의 배합 비율에서 약 3 MPa의 강도를 나 타내 처분장 인수기준 압축강도인 3.44MPa를 만족하지 못하는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나, 고로슬래그를 고화 재로 이용한 비소성 시멘트는 모든 실험 조건에서 처분장 인수기준 압축강도를 만족하며, 최적의 배합 비율 에서는 약 27 MPa로 높게 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 통하여 비소성 시멘트 고화재로 고로 슬래그, 방사성 핵종에 대한 흡착제 역할로 폐토양 및 점토를 이용한다면 방사성 폐기물 처분을 위한 최적의 비소성 시멘트를 제조할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

본 연구는 고성능 폴리머 시멘트계 프리캐스트 제품의 개발 및 미세균열 발생 시 자기치유기능을 확보할 목적으로 경화제 무첨가 EMM의 물리적 성질을 검토하고, 그 물성에 영향을 끼치는 시멘트 매트릭스 내의 에폭시수지 경화도와 현미경을 통한 조직구조의 관찰과 함께 자기치유효과를 검토하였다. 그 결과, 경화제 무첨가 EMM의 폴리머 혼입에 의한 강도 개선 효과는 인장강도, 휨강도, 압축강도의 순으로 나타났다. 접착성은 콘크리트 피착체의 모세관 공극에 폴리머 필름의 형성에 기인한 투묘효과에 기인하여 크게 향상되었다. 투수저항성은 폴리머 결합재비 20% 및 고로슬래그 미분말 치환율 30%를 병용한 EMM에서 보통시멘트 모르타르 대비 97%의 감소율을 나타내 매우 우수하였 다. 고로슬래그미분말, 팽창재 및 황산나트륨을 병용한 EMM의 균열 폭은 고로슬래그 치환율이 증가함에 따라 미미하게 감소하였으나, 고로 슬래그미분말 치환율 20%에서 수중침지기간의 증가와 함께 서서히 균열부 자기폐색 효과를 관찰할 수 있었다.

양생조건에 따른 고로슬래그를 혼입한 콘크리트의 염화물 이온 확산계수의 변화를 관찰하기 위하여 GGBFS 혼입율 0%, 30%, 60%로 구분하고 W/B를 40%,50%,60%로, 양생조건을 기중양생과 수중양생으로 시험체를 제작하여 콘크리트 염화물 이온 확산계수 평가를 실시하였다. 평가결과 GGBFS의 치환율이 증가할수록 콘크리트 염화물이온 확산계수는 감소하였지만, 양생조건에 따른 확산계수 편차가 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 특히 W/B가 증가할수록 그 차이는 증가하였으며. W/B 60% 조건에서 수중양생 대비 기중양생 시험체의 염화물 이온 확산계수는 2배 가까이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

고분말도 슬래그를 사용할 경우 초기재령에서의 강도발현은 우수하나 수화열 및 품질관리에 따른 문제가 발생하기 쉽다. 본 연구 에서는 3000급 저분말도의 고로슬래그 미분말을 혼입한 콘크리트의 강도특성 및 내구특성을 분석하였다. 작업성을 기준으로 3가지 배합을 고려하였으며, 압축강도와 내구특성시험이 수행되었다. 강도특성 결과 3000급 슬래그를 혼입한 콘크리트는 28일 재령에서 OPC(Ordinary Portland Cement) 배합 대비 강도가 떨어지지만 장기재령에서는 잠재수경성의 촉진으로 인하여 큰 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 탄산화 및 동결융해 실험에서는 4200급 슬래그 배합 대비 약간 우수한 저항성능이 나타났는데, 이는 동일 슬럼프를 목표로 배합을 진행하여 3000급 슬래그 배합에 단위수량을 적게 고려하였기 때문이다. 장기재령의 경우, 3000급 슬래그 배합의 염화물확산계수는 OPC 배합 대비20% 수준으로 감소하여 우수한 내염해특성이 평가되었다. 단위수량을 조정하고 3000급 저분말도의 고로슬래그 미분말을 혼입하여 사용할 경우, 기존 분말도의 슬래그가 사용된 콘크리트 및 OPC 콘크리트와 비교시 우수한 작업성능과 내구특성을 확보할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

This research provides an analysis of experiments on sulfuric acid resistance of alkali-activated slag mortar with dolomite powder. The results show that the longer the bedding time, the lower the mass change in all specimens. Among them, the mass change in a dolomite replaced specimens are shown to be less than that of a non-dolomite specimens. Since the composition of dolomite reacts with sulfuric acid solution to produce a product, it is thought to play a role in reducing mass reduction.

In this study, the mechanical properties of concrete incorporating blast furnace slag with 60 % were analyzed according to CBS-Dust replacement rate. Results indicate that replacement of more than 10 % of CBS-Dust have a positive effect on reducing waste disposal costs and strength improvement

대표적인 콘크리트 혼화재료 중 하나인 고로슬래그 미분말을 혼입한 콘크리트는 잠재수경성에 의해 콘크리트의 장기 내구성능 및 역학적 성능이 향상된다. 본 연구에서는 3 가지 수준의 물-결합재 비(0.37, 0.42, 0.47) 및 고로슬래그 미분말 혼입률(0 %, 30 %, 50 %)을 고려하여 염해에 대한 내구성능 평가를 수행하였으며, 염화물 확산 거동(촉진 염화물 확산계수, 통과 전하량)을 예측하는 식을 도출하고 촉진 염화물 확산계수와 통과 전하량간의 상관관계를 평가하였다. 2년 양생조건 시 고로슬래그 미분말 혼입 콘크리트에서 OPC 콘크리트 대비 촉진 염화물 확산계수 평가 결과에서는 최대 28 %의 감소율을 통과 전하량 평가에서는 최대 29 %의 감소율을 나타냈다. 또한 물-결합재 비의 증감에 의한 영향을 OPC 콘크리트 보다 GGBFS 미분말 혼입 콘크리트에서 더 적게 받는 것으로 판단된다. 배합 특성 및 실험 결과를 바탕으로 촉진 염화물 확산계수 및 통과 전하량을 예측하는 식을 다중회귀분석을 통해 도출한 결과, 통과 전하량 예측식이 확산계수 예측식보다 높은 결정계수를 나타냈다.