Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 126-133Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.01.014
Keywords
Deterioration (C.); Calcium aluminate cement (D.); Portland cement (D.); Modelling (E.); Acid attack
Funding
- BpiFrance [F1409022M]
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A chemical-reactive transport model is used to simulate the sulfuric acid attack of cement pastes based on ordinary Portland cement (CEM I), blended Portland cements (CEM III, CEM IV, and CEM V), and calcium aluminate cement (CAC). This model accounts for the dissolution of cement hydrates (portlandite, C-S-H, hydrogarnet), and the precipitation of deterioration products (ettringite and gypsum). Moreover, diffusion of the aqueous species in the pore space of the material is considered. With this model, the hydrate contents, the porosity, and the deterioration phase contents throughout a sulfuric acid attack are determined. Two indicators are defined to predict the service life of the cementitious materials: the deterioration depth and the dissolved calcium content. These two indicators show that calcium aluminate cement has a better resistance to sulfuric acid attack than that of Portland cements. This better resistance is mainly due to the partial dissolution of CAC hydrate as opposed to the total dissolutions of CH and C-S-H.
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