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Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water
This paper examines the influence of polyacrylic superabsorbent polymers (SAP) on the properties concerning chloride diffusion in cementitious materials. The conducted study investigated the influence of SAP on chloride diffusion in concretes of the initial w/c = 0.4 (for which the changes in compre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8347897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154064 |
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author | Kalinowski, Maciej Woyciechowski, Piotr |
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description | This paper examines the influence of polyacrylic superabsorbent polymers (SAP) on the properties concerning chloride diffusion in cementitious materials. The conducted study investigated the influence of SAP on chloride diffusion in concretes of the initial w/c = 0.4 (for which the changes in compressive strength due to the SAP presence were negligible). The impact on the diffusivity of concrete of several variables was analyzed: the material characteristics of SAP, additional water added to the concrete to make up for the amount of water stored in the SAP structure, and the method of SAP dosing to the mix (either in a non-saturated form or in a hydrogel form). We found that, in the case of modifying concrete with polyacrylic SAP of a median particle size in dry conditions of 330 µm and without additional water, the coefficient of chloride ion diffusion was reduced to 65% of the reference value. The negative influence (increase) of increasing w/c(tot) by the amount of water initially entrained by SAP on the chloride diffusivity of concrete was identified. The conducted study indicates the premise of the mechanism of the water release from SAP in cementitious composites. |
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spelling | pubmed-83478972021-08-08 Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water Kalinowski, Maciej Woyciechowski, Piotr Materials (Basel) Article This paper examines the influence of polyacrylic superabsorbent polymers (SAP) on the properties concerning chloride diffusion in cementitious materials. The conducted study investigated the influence of SAP on chloride diffusion in concretes of the initial w/c = 0.4 (for which the changes in compressive strength due to the SAP presence were negligible). The impact on the diffusivity of concrete of several variables was analyzed: the material characteristics of SAP, additional water added to the concrete to make up for the amount of water stored in the SAP structure, and the method of SAP dosing to the mix (either in a non-saturated form or in a hydrogel form). We found that, in the case of modifying concrete with polyacrylic SAP of a median particle size in dry conditions of 330 µm and without additional water, the coefficient of chloride ion diffusion was reduced to 65% of the reference value. The negative influence (increase) of increasing w/c(tot) by the amount of water initially entrained by SAP on the chloride diffusivity of concrete was identified. The conducted study indicates the premise of the mechanism of the water release from SAP in cementitious composites. MDPI 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8347897/ /pubmed/34361258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154064 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kalinowski, Maciej Woyciechowski, Piotr Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title | Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title_full | Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title_fullStr | Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title_full_unstemmed | Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title_short | Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Modified with Polyacrylic Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Hydrogel—The Influence of the Water-to-Cement Ratio and SAP-Entrained Water |
title_sort | chloride diffusion in concrete modified with polyacrylic superabsorbent polymer (sap) hydrogel—the influence of the water-to-cement ratio and sap-entrained water |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8347897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154064 |
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