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http://dx.doi.org/10.14190/JRCR.2017.5.3.275

Effect of Refinement of Fly Ash on Engineering Properties of Cement Mortar  

Han, Min-Cheol (Department of Architectural Engineering, Cheong-ju University)
Moon, Byeong-Yong (Department of Architectural Engineering, Cheong-ju University)
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Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute / v.5, no.3, 2017 , pp. 275-281 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to investigate experimentally the effect of refining of fly ash (FA) on the engineering properties of the cement mortar. Five different FAs are used including raw fly ash, refined fly ash, reject ash and their two different combinations. The cement mortars are fabricated with 1:1(binder to fine aggregate), 1 : 3 and 1 : 5 respectively, which are replaced 30% of FA by cement. Test results, indicated that, the flow of Ra showed lower flowability than Rf at all mixing ratios. Also in the case of Rj, it was expected to show low fluidity, but it showed flowability equal to or higher than Rf. Air contents are all formulations except Rf and Rj did not satisfy the target range. Using Ra, the refining process shows an air amount about 41% lower than Rf, in the case of Rj, it showed about 19% higher air content than Rf due to porous foreign matters inside the mortar. Compressive strength was in the early days 3 and 7, the strength was lower than that of Plain's OPC, after 28 days Rf exerts higher strength than other FAs, it was confirmed that higher strength than OPC can be secured at a mixing ratio of 1: 1 and 1: 3. For frost resistance, the use of unrefined FA resulted in decrease of frost resistance sharply due to loss of air content by the use of unrefined FA. Therefore, it is considered that the use of high quality FA through refining process will contribute positively to the economical formulation of concrete and the stability of the structure.
Keywords
Fly ash; Raw fly ash; Refined fly ash; Reject ash; Mortar; Engineering properties;
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