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Coupled effect of viscosity enhancing admixtures and superplasticizers on rheological behavior of cement paste

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The coupled effect of viscosity enhancing admixtures (VEA) and superplasticizer (SP) on the rheological behavior of cement paste was investigated in this work. Two types of VEAs, including hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and Welan gum, and two types of SPs, i.e. polycarboxylate (PCA) and polynaphthalenesulfonate (PNS) were used as admixtures for cement paste. Rheological curves of cement paste and simulated pore solution containing VEA and SP were tested. Simulated pore solution test results show that molecules of different SPs may generate different effects on the viscosity of VEA solutions. Hershel-Bulkley (H-B) model was used to fit rheological curve of cement paste. Strong interaction between PNS and HPMC was observed in this work.

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    Qiang Yuan  (元强), Wen-tao Liu  (刘文涛), Chao Wang  (王超), De-hua Deng  (邓德华), Zan-qun Liu  (刘赞群) & Guang-cheng Long  (龙广成)

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Foundation item: Project(2017YFB0310101) supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China; Project(51778269) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Yuan, Q., Liu, Wt., Wang, C. et al. Coupled effect of viscosity enhancing admixtures and superplasticizers on rheological behavior of cement paste. J. Cent. South Univ. 24, 2172–2179 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-017-3626-2

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