Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanical properties and carbonation resistance of concretes using lightweight aggregate coated surface finishing materials. To evaluate the mechanical properties and carbonation resistance of concrete, slump, air amount, air-dried unit volume weight, compressive strength, and carbonation depth are tested. In terms of the unit volume weight of concrete, air-dried unit volume weight of concrete using coating lightweight aggregate was measured as $1,739{\sim}1,806kg/m^3$. When using coating aggregate, compressive strength of concrete at 28 days was measured as much as 82.7~95.9% of the compressive strength using non-coating aggregate. It is found that compressive strength tends to decrease with coating lightweight aggregate. However, all concretes using coating lightweight aggregate except O-LWAC satisfied the criteria for 28-day compressive strength suggested in KS. The measurement of carbonation depth when the water-repellent agent was used found that carbonation depth was reduced by as much as 2.6~6.1%. On the other hand, when using polymer waterproof agent, carbonation depth was reduced by as much as 8.6~12.0%. Consequently, to improve carbonation resistance, polymer waterproof agent was more effective than water-repellent agent. In particular, epoxy showed the most outstanding performance.
경량골재의 내부공극을 통한 탄산가스 유입으로 인해 경량골재콘크리트는 보통콘크리트에 비해 탄산화가 더 빠르게 진행되는 문제점을 극복하고자, 4가지 표면코팅제로 코팅된 경량골재를 사용한 콘크리트에 대하여 탄산화 저항성을 보통 경량골재콘크리트, 보통콘크리트와 비교 분석하였다. 코팅경량골재를 사용한 콘크리트가 보통 경량골재콘크리트보다 우수한 탄산화 저항성을 보였으며, 특히 발수제보다는 고분자계 코팅제를 사용하였을 때 더 우수한 저항성을 나타내었다.