Effect of the addition of sugar-cane bagasse ash on the corrosion risk of uncured mortars

Marco A. Maldonado-García, Pedro Montes-García, Pedro L. Valdez-Tamez

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Abstract

In recent years a number of studies on Sugar-cane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) as a partial Portland cement replacement in concrete have been addressed. The research has focused on the pozzolanic activity and mechanical properties of mortars and concretes containing SCBA; however, the durability of such composites needs to be evaluated, especially when no-proper curing is applied. This research evaluates the effects of the SCBA on the corrosion risk of mortars with no curing. Cylinders and reinforced small-scale slabs with 0, 10 and 20% of SCBA as cement replacement, were cast. The effective chloride diffusion coefficients, Deff, were estimated and the slabs were exposed to wetting-drying cycles in a 3% NaCl solution for 2000 days. Corrosion potentials were processed using the FFT to estimate the corrosion initiation period. Results show that the SCBA decreases the Deff which in turn has the beneficial effect of diminishing the corrosion risk.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, 2016
EditorsKoichi Maekawa, Jun Yamazaki, Akio Kasuga
Publisherfib. The International Federation for Structural Concrete
Pages77-84
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9784990914806
StatePublished - 2016
Event11th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, 2016 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 29 Aug 201631 Aug 2016

Publication series

Namefib Symposium
ISSN (Print)2617-4820

Conference

Conference11th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, 2016
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period29/08/1631/08/16

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