Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 1903-1907Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.12.002
Keywords
hydration; amorphous; calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H); metakaolin; mortar
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Studies were undertaken to produce reactive pozzolana i.e. metakaolin from four kaolinitic clays collected from different sources in India. The metakaolin produced from these clays at 700-800 degrees C show lime reactivity in between 10.5 to 11.5 N/mm(2) which is equivalent to commercially available calcined clay Metacem-85. The microstructure of the metakaolin has been reported. The effect of addition of metakaolin up to 25% in the Portland cement mortars was investigated. An increase in compressive strength and decrease of porosity and pore diameter of cement mortars containing metakaolin (10%) was noted over the cement mortars without metakaolin. The hydration of metakaolin blended cement mortars was investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The major hydraulic products like C-S-H and C(4)AH(13) have been identified. Durability of the cement mortars with and without metakaolin was examined in different sulphate solutions. Data show better strength achievement in cement mortars containing 10% MK than the OPC mortars alone. (C) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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