Effect of self-healing additions on the development of mechanical strength of cement paste
Abstract
Important research efforts have been recently focused on the development of self-healing cement composites. The healing mechanism, implemented within the material, must be automatically initiated as soon as the first signs of damage appear at the micro-scale. For doing so, two different additions have been developed to incorporate them simultaneously into the cementitious matrix: silica microcapsules containing an epoxy sealing compound (CAP) and nanosilica particles functionalized with amine groups (NS). As a first step to the development of a self-healing concrete with these two additions, their pozzolanic activity has been measured by an accelerated test. The high values of fixed lime obtained at 28 days (85% for CAP, 93% for NS and 88% for a mix of them) suggest that they are suitable for construction materials’ applications. Furthermore, the behaviour of the additions in an ordinary Portland cement paste with 20 wt.% of commercial micro-silica has been studied, considering the partial substitution of micro-silica by CAP, NS and their mix. High values of compressive strength (>60 MPa) have been obtained in all cases after 28 days of hydration. However, while the addition of CAP induces a reduction of the compressive strength of the 24% with respect to the reference material, the addition of NS gives rise to a slight enhancement of the strength (5%) due to a pozzolanic reaction confirmed by X-ray diffraction data. Finally, in the presence of both CAP and NS, the beneficial effect of the nanosilica is counteracted by the microcapsules and a reduction of 28% is obtained for the compressive strength.
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