The experimental study on the compressive strength for cementitious material using CO₂ curing

CO₂ 양생을 이용한 시멘트계 재료의 압축강도 발현에 관한 실험적 연구

Currently, CO₂ existed in the air usually reacts concrete, and then CaCO₃ can be appeared. As time goes by, pH of concrete is decreased and corrosion of steel can be happened. This phenomenon is called carbonation. For preventing carbonation of concrete, various methods like using corrosion inhibitor, high compressive strength concrete, and enough covering depth are adopted. But these method are usually passive methods focused on corrosion of steel and have limitation on economic. Thus, as basic study for active method of carbonation, cement pastes with CO₂ reactive material (γ-C₂S, MgO) and GBFS were in accelerated carbonation, and the compressive strengths were measured. On the result, the compressive strength was improved better than non-carbonation. Through measuring the weight change using TG-DTA, as specimens were carbonated, according to decreasing of Ca(OH)₂ and Mg(OH)₂, CaCO₃ and MgCO₃ were increased. Therefore it can be shown that carbonation curing can be realized.