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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2013.25.3.347

The Influence of Fine Particles under 0.08 mm Contained in Aggregate on the Characteristics of Concrete  

Song, Jin-Woo (Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
Choi, Jae-Jin (Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.25, no.3, 2013 , pp. 347-354 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, crushed fine aggregates are being widely used due to the shortage of natural sand. In Korea, the amount of fine particles under 0.08 mm contained in crushed fine aggregates is restricted to be less than 7%, which is similar to the regulations of ASTM but is still very strict compared to the regulations of the other nations. In addition, the crushed aggregates already have in them about 20% of fine particles under 0.08 mm which occurs while they are crushed. The fine particles are not easy to wash out, and also to maximize the use of resources it is deemed necessary to review the possibility of enhancing the limit of the amount of fine particles. Therefore, this study conducted experiments to analyze the characteristics of fine particles under 0.08mm and their influence on the properties of concrete. Experiments using silt and cohesive soil were also done for comparison. In the experiments on fine particles, the methylene blue value was more in the soil dust contained in silt and cohesive soil than in the stone powder contained in crushed fine aggregates. Also, the methylene blue value had a close correlation with packing density and liquid & plastic limit. In the experiments done with concrete, the quantity of high range water reducing agent demanded to obtain the same slump increased as the fine particle substitution rate heightened. However, in the experiment which used stone powder testing the compressive strength and tensile strength of concrete in the same water-cement ratio, there was little change in strength with less than 20% addition of fine particles among the fine aggregates, and no meaningful difference in the amount of drying shrinkage of concrete.
Keywords
crushed aggregate; microfines; methylene blue value; strength; drying shrinkage;
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