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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 194, Issue -, Pages 102-109Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.10.234
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Cement-based composite; Water/cement ratio; Mechanical properties; Microstructure
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- National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 program) [2015CB057701]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51578078]
- Hunan Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [2017111027]
- Key Program of the Education Department of Henan Province [14A005]
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Aiming to improve the flexural and compressive strength of cement, graphene oxide (GO) was incorporated into the production of cement-based composites in this study. The effects of the GO content and water/cement (w/c) ratio on the mechanical properties and microstructure of GO-cement composites were systematically investigated through experimental tests. Testing results show that with a constant w/c ratio, the flexural and compressive strengths of the developed GO-cement composites increased first and then declined with respect to the increase in GO content. Specifically, the increase in flexural strength was more significant than that in compressive strength, indicating that the addition of GO could help improve the toughness of cement composites. Additionally, a combination of a w/c ratio of 0.35 and a GO content of 0.05 wt% led to both the highest flexural and compressive strengths. The investigation of the composition-microstructure-strength relationship shows that the introduction of GO could help improve the macroscopic properties for the cement-based composites via improving the microstructure of cement hydration products, refining the crystal size, and forming a denser and more uniform network structure. The filling effect, hydration effect and nucleation effect of GO could be optimized with an appropriate combination of w/c ratio and GO content. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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