Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Cementitious Concrete Composites That Incorporates Silica Fume And Fly Ash

Year 2023, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 526 - 534, 14.07.2023

İsmail Raci Bayer

https://doi.org/10.29137/umagd.1258578

Abstract

In recent years, nano-sized graphene oxide (GO) has come to the fore as a promising material for enhancing the mechanical and durability performance of cementitious composites. On the other hand, partial substitution of industrial wastes and by-products into cementitious composites attracts the attention of researchers in order to ensure long-term sustainability. In order to combine these two aspects, the main focus of this study is to examine the effect of 0.05% and 0.1% GO-reinforcement on the slump, 7 and 28-day compressive and flexural strength and 28-day rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT) properties of cementitious composites. In this context, mixtures with three different binder combinations, a control, a silica fume (SF) substitution, and a fly ash (FA) substitution, were designed. The results showed that GO-reinforcement reduced the slump values of the mixtures between 5-15 mm, while the 28-day compressive strengths increased in the range of 9.82%-13.61% with 0.05% GO-reinforcement, and in the range of 17.02%-20.68% with 0.1% GO-reinforcement. The 28-day flexural strength of the mixtures increased by about 10% on average as a result of 0.1% GO-reinforcement. According to the RCPT anaylses, it was observed that the chloride permeability of the mixtures decreased up to 18.85% with 0.1% GO-reinforcement.

Keywords

Graphene-oxide, nanomaterial, cement, mechanical properties, RCPT.

Silis Dumanı ve Uçucu Kül İçeren Grafen Oksit Takviyeli Çimentolu Beton Kompozitler

Abstract

Son yıllarda, nano boyutlu grafen oksit (GO), çimentolu kompozitlerin mekanik ve dayanıklılık performansını artırmak için umut verici bir malzeme olarak öne çıkmıştır. Öte yandan, endüstriyel atıkların ve yan ürünlerin kısmi olarak çimentolu kompozitlere ikamesi, uzun vadeli sürdürülebilirliği sağlamak için araştırmacıların ilgisini çekmektedir. Bu iki yönü birleştirmek için, bu çalışmanın ana odak noktası, %0,05 ve %0,1 GO takviyesinin slump, 7 ve 28 günlük basınç ve eğilme dayanımı ve 28 günlük hızlı klorür geçirgenliği testi üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. Bu bağlamda, kontrol, silis dumanı (SF) ikamesi ve uçucu kül (FA) ikamesi olmak üzere üç farklı bağlayıcı kombinasyonuna sahip karışımlar tasarlanmıştır. Sonuçlar, GO-takviyesinin karışımların slamp değerlerini 5-15 mm arasında azalttığını, 28 günlük basınç dayanımlarını ise %0,05 GO takviyesi ile %9,82-%13,61 aralığında, %0,1 GO takviyesi ile %17,02-%20,68 aralığında arttığını göstermiştir. Karışımların 28 günlük eğilme mukavemeti, %0,1 GO takviyesi sonucunda ortalama olarak yaklaşık %10 artmıştır. RCPT analizlerine göre, %0,1 GO takviyesi ile karışımların klorür geçirgenliğinin %18,85'e kadar düştüğü gözlemlenmiştir.

Keywords

Grafen oksit, nanomalzeme, çimento, mekanik özellikler, RCPT.

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