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Reactivity of NO2 and CO2 with hardened cement paste containing activated carbon

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The development of building materials to reduce the concentration of NO2 is growing interest in a world where the air quality in urban areas is affected by the car traffic. The main binder in concrete is the cement paste that is partly composed of calcium hydroxide. This alkaline hydrate composing the hardened cement paste shows a high BET surface area (close to 100 m2.g−1) and can absorb low-concentrations of NO2. However, the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere limits the de-polluting effect of reference cement paste, mainly due to carbonation of the alkaline hydrates (reaction leading to the formation of calcium carbonate). The results established in this paper demonstrate that the addition of activated carbon in the cement paste, because of its very high BET surface area (close to 800 m2.g−1) and its specific reactivity with NO2, can significantly improve and prolong the de-polluting effect in presence of CO2 and even after complete carbonation of the surface of the cement paste.

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  1. Lafarge Centre de Recherche, 95 rue Montmurier, 38291, Saint Quentin Fallavier, France

    M. Horgnies & I. Dubois-Brugger

  2. Université de Poitiers, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers, UMR 7285 CNRS, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86022, Poitiers, France

    N.J. Krou, I. Batonneau-Gener, T. Belin & S. Mignard

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Horgnies, M., Dubois-Brugger, I., Krou, N. et al. Reactivity of NO2 and CO2 with hardened cement paste containing activated carbon. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 224, 1985–1994 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02515-7

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