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Possibilities of affecting the portland cement hydration by the addition of fluidized ash
Nehybka, Josef ; Bartoníčková, Eva (referee) ; Opravil, Tomáš (advisor)
This work is focused on study of possibilities of influence of hydration of Portland cement with an admixture of fluid ashes. The work deals with the tests with fluid filter ashes and milled fluid bed combustion ashes. Predominantly, a calorimetric measurement is used for study of admixtures. The prepared samples were found out on their mechanical parameters as the tensile bending strength and compressive stress. X-ray powder diffraction was used to determine of phase composition of the raw materials and created samples after hydration.
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Reduction of hexavalent chromium in cement binders
Hrubý, Petr ; Šoukal, František (referee) ; Kalina, Lukáš (advisor)
The issue of hexavalent chromium contained in cement binders and the possibilities of its reduction are very current, due to the toxicity of Cr (VI) and constantly stricter regulations of the EU. The effort of achieving a cement binder with Cr (VI) concentration lower than 2 ppm and keeping this concentration unchanged during the long term storage is a frequently studied issue which needs to be solved. Requirements are put on the low cost for industrial use and without inducing changes of final properties of cement binders. A reducing agents based on iron (II) sulphate monohydrate potentially combined with some additives were studied in this study. The efficiency of reducing agents was analysed by commonly used UV-VIS spectrophotometry technique which uses 1,5-diphenylcarbazide as an indicator. The influence of added reducing agent on the mechanical properties was noticed by compressive strength test.
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The influence of aggregate on the properties of high performance concrete.
Bezděk, Ondřej ; Krátký, Josef (referee) ; Šiler, Pavel (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the influence of aggregates on the mechanical properties of high-performance concrete. The flexural strenght and the compressive strenght were observed after 1, 7 and 28 days. The process of hydratation was monitored using isoperibolic calorimetry. Laser particle size analysis of aggregates was also performed. As materials were used: Portland cement CEM I 42,5 R-Sc Mokrá, finelly ground silica sand, calcinated bauxite, fine test sand ČSN EN 196-1, medium test sand ČSN EN 196-1, rough test sand ČSN EN 196-1 and polycarboxylate superplasticizer Glenium Ace 40.
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Modification of dry stuff with lime sludge
Švec, Jiří ; Kovářová, Alena (referee) ; Ptáček, Petr (advisor)
In modern point of view of waste management is desirable to effectively process the grates possible amount of wastes. Sediments from cleaning of mined lime stones contains a lot of clay components, but there is also indispensable share of soft calcite. Especially this can be use in following processing. After firing, where is necessary to set suitable temperature, arises a mixture of soft calcinated lime and remaining dehydrated mineral components. This calcinated mixture could partially replace used binders in dry stuffs.
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The influence of barium oxide on the formation and properties of portland clinker
Zezulová, Anežka ; Šoukal, František (referee) ; Opravil, Tomáš (advisor)
Portland clinker is thanks to its large-scale production a continuously studied topic. Clinker, or Portland cement, is used for construction purposes, or for insulation and special applications. One of these special applications could be shielding of different types of radiation by making use of the content of barium ions. The present master’s thesis examines the influence of barium oxide on the formation and properties of Portland clinker, which could be, by incorporation of barium ions into the system, used as a binder for buildings resistant to various types of radiation. Barium sulfate and barium carbonate were added to the raw meal in order to prepare clinkers with different content of barium oxide. The effect of barium on the formation of clinker phases was studied (by XRD – Rietveld analysis and by the microscopic point integration), as well as the effects on the variations of temperature of the phase formation (TG-DTA) and the rate of alite formation under isothermal conditions. Furthermore, the ability of barium to become a part of clinker minerals was studied by SEM with EDS, and the solubility of barium phases by ICP-OES. The hydration of clinker minerals containing barium was studied by isothermal calorimetry.
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Influence of ettringite formation on mechanical properties of zinc doped cements.
Kunovský, Ondřej ; Matějka, Lukáš (referee) ; Šiler, Pavel (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the study of the effect of hydration accelerators in cement pastes doped with zinc ions. Their influence on hydration reactions, mechanical properties and the amount of ettringite formed was studied. CEM I 42.5 R cement was used and zinc was added in the form of ZnO in an amount of 1 wt. % of Zn relative to cement content. Strengths were measured over a time horizon of 98 days. In addition, analyzes by SEM, XRD and DTA methods were performed on selected samples to determine the amount of ettringite. It has been found that compressive strengths can also decrease during hydration. At this decrease, SEM, XRD and DTA showed a reduction in the amount of ettringite in the sample.
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Hybrid systems based on alkali activated materials and Portland cement
Bradová, Lada ; Koplík, Jan (referee) ; Kalina, Lukáš (advisor)
The most promising route to improve the sustainability of cement is to produce the blended Portland cements with supplementary cementitious materials. Blast furnace slag (BFS) is one of the significant pozzolan source used worldwide in blended cements contributing to lowering of the environmental impact of cement industry. On the other hand, the replacement of the Portland clinker is connected with the undesirable effects such as reduction of early strength development. In order to overcome this disadvantage, the study deals with the development of hybrid cements in which the utilization of solid waste alkaline activator quickly awakens the pozzolanic properties of BFS. The new types of blended alkali activated cements were designed to meet the European standard EN 197 1 and classified to the Blastfurnace CEM III/C cements in accordance with the mechanical, physical, chemical and durability requirements. The effect of alkali activation caused an increase in early (2 days) compressive strength development in comparison with reference sample. The setting time was delayed two times which is also interesting from the point of view of concrete production. Moreover, this non traditional hybrid alkali activated Portland cement provides considerable ecologically and economically potential.
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The study of zinc influence on Portland cement hydration.
Ptáček, Martin ; Janča, Martin (referee) ; Šiler, Pavel (advisor)
The topic of this work is the monitoring of the effect of zinc on the hydration process in Portland mixed cement (specifically with the addition of finely ground granulated blast-furnace slag, high temperature fly ash and fluidized bed combustion filter ash). How much zinc and at what time it remains in the pore solution during hydration. Activation energy of a mixture of cement with zinc in the form of soluble salts (Zn(NO3)2.6H2O and ZnCl2) and insoluble oxide (ZnO) by isothermal calorimetry was also investigated. The XRF method has shown composition during hydration. The zinc retardation effect was investigated by isothermal calorimetry and activation energy was calculated using this method. The XRF and ICP-OES methods were used to measure the zinc content of the pore solution. And the amount of portlandite was monitored by the DTA and XRF method.
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