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.

PURPOSES : This study is to evaluate the feasibility of setting the standard of cement alkali content by using ASTM C 1260(accelerated mortar bar test) METHODS : This study analyzes the ASR(alkali silica reaction) expansion of cement mortar bar based on the changes in the aggregate type(fine, coarse), cement type(ordinary, low alkali), and replacement contents of fly ash. ASR tests were conducted according to ASTM C 1260. RESULTS : In this test results, There is no big difference in the ASR expansion between ordinary cement and low alkali cement. From this test results, it was found that the variation of cement alkali content did not have a effect on ASR expansion because mortar bar was placed in a container with sufficient alkali aqueous solution at high temperature during the test process of ASTM C 1260. CONCLUSIONS : It is evidently clear that the alkali content of cement have a effect on ASR. But ASTM C 1260 is difficult to assess this effect.

We investigated the effects of heavy metals in cement in the last 3 years and the amount of waste in the cement manufacturing process. The result shows that the average Cr6+ content in cement products is controlled at 10 mg/kg. Cu and Pb have lower detection tendency in white cement than in ordinary portland cement. In addition, heavy metals such as Cd show a certain level of detection regardless of the input wastes. Copper slag and phosphate gypsum are the main influencing factors on the heavy metals in cement products. In auxiliary fuels, plastics waste and wood waste are considered to affect heavy metals in cement products. Alternative raw materials are considered to be affected by the alternative raw materials managed as byproducts. In the case of supplementary fuels, auxiliary fuels managed as waste instead of auxiliary fuels managed as byproducts affect the heavy metals in cement. This study examined the input amount without considering the heavy metals in each waste. Therefore, the result may vary in different situations, and further research must be conducted to supplement the findings. However, if the heavy-metal contents in the waste are constant, it can be used as a reference material for the control of heavy metals in cement products.

In this study, the rate of change of electrical resistance with respect to the strength and load of cement composites was investigated by incorporating Carbon Nanotube(CNT) at 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0% of the binder weight. Compressive strength test It was shown that the load of 30% was repeatedly applied to impart conductivity through the rate of change of electrical resistance. The incorporation rate of CNT greatly affected the compressive strength and the rate of change of electrical resistance.

This study investigated the concentration of heavy metals in blast-furnace slag cement by changing the content ratio between blast-furnace slag and ordinary Portland cement for the safe recycling of blast-furnace slag in the cement industry. The analysis of the three main materials of the cement (ordinary Portland cement, blast-furnace slag, and the alternative raw materials), resulted in the ordinary Portland cement having the highest concentration of heavy metals. Also, it is concluded that the heavy metal content of blast-furnace slag cement is mainly attributed to the content of ordinary Portland cement. As the content of furnace slag during the manufacture of cement increases, the overall heavy metal content of the furnace slag cement becomes low. This was highly evaluated as a resource in the cement-production process, in respect of the effective recycling of resources and the safe management of hazardous materials.

In this study, fundamental properties and change with time of cement mortar accompanied with change of solid content ratio of PC type superplasticizer were analyzed. As a result, it was clarified that the flow and air content decreased as the solid content ratio decreased, and the compressive strength increased slightly.

In the study, we review the resistance to freezing of alkali-activated slag-red mud cement according to the red mud content. The purpose of the paper is improved durability and application for alkali-activated slag-red mud cement.

An experimental study was performed to examine the effect of fiber content on the tensile behavior of PE fiber reinforced cement composite. The experiment with the range 0~2.0% fiber content revealed that 1.5% fiber content produced the greatest tensile strength and strain.

알칼리활성화 슬래그-레드머드 시멘트는 알칼리활성화 시멘트 연구의 일환으로서 시멘트 조성에서 알칼리자극제, 고로슬래그와 레드머드로 구성되어져 있으며, 포틀랜트 시멘트를 사용하지 않는 클링커 프리 시멘트(Clinker Free Cement)를 의미한다. 본 논문에서는 포틀 랜트 시멘트를 전혀 사용하지 않고 고분자 유기화합물인 재유화형 분말 폴리머를 혼입한 알칼리활성화 슬래그 시멘트에 레드머드의 대체율을 달리하여 강도특성, 기공특성 등을 기존 포틀랜트 시멘트와 비교 평가하였다. 그 결과 알칼리활성화 시멘트에 레드머드를 대체할 경우 C-S-H 광물상과 에트린가이트가 주요 수화생성물로 포틀랜트 시멘트와 비교하여 조직이 치밀하고 대체율 10%까지는 압축강도 및 휨강도가 증가하 였다.