Effect of Modification Treatment on Chloride Ions Permeability and Microstructure of Recycled Brick-mixed Aggregate Concrete

Abstract

The modification methods of pozzolan slurry combined with sodium silicate and silicon-based additive were respectively adopted to treat recycled coarse brick-mixed aggregate (RCBA) in this study. The compressive strength and chloride permeability resistance of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) before and after modification treatment were tested, and the microstructure of RAC was analyzed by mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the physical properties of RCBA strengthened by modification treatment are improved, and the compressive strength and chloride permeability resistance of treated RAC are also significantly improved. The modification treatment optimizes the pore size distribution of RAC, which increases the number of gel pores and transition pores, and decreases the number of capillary pores and macro pores. The surface fractal dimension shows a significant correlation with chloride diffusion coefficient, indicating that the variation of chloride permeability of treated RAC is consistent with the microstructure evolution.

Keywords

recycled aggregate concrete / modification treatment / compressive strength / chloride permeability resistance / microstructure

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