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Cracking in Calcium Aluminate Cement Pastes Induced at Different Exposure Temperatures

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Different formulations of calcium aluminate cement (CAC) pastes containing 51 and 71 wt.% Al2O3 were exposed to high-temperature environments so that the damage suffered under different thermal conditions could be studied. Samples had water-to-cement (W/C) ratios of 0.25, 0.30 and 0.40. Both the raw cement powders and their corresponding hydrated samples were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction (with Rietveld refinement), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and x-ray fluorescence. All samples were exposed to oxidative environments for 1 h at 500, 800 and 1000 °C in a furnace with an air atmosphere. Hot samples were slowly cooled down in order to avoid the damage induced by thermal contraction. The damage that occurred while the samples were in the furnace and exposed to high temperatures could then be analyzed. The damage was examined by digital image analysis and the length of the cracks was fitted to Weibull distributions using Monte Carlo simulations.

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  1. CCComposites Lab, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia

    John F. Zapata & Henry A. Colorado

  2. GISI, Institucion Universitaria de Envigado (IUE), Carrera 27 B # 39 A Sur 57, Envigado, Colombia

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  3. CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia

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  4. Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad de Antioquia, Bloque 20, Calle 67 No. 53-108, Medellín, Colombia

    Henry A. Colorado

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Zapata, J.F., Gomez, M. & Colorado, H.A. Cracking in Calcium Aluminate Cement Pastes Induced at Different Exposure Temperatures. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 28, 7502–7513 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04466-5

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