CE441 Composite Mortar Chemicals Assignment #1 Due Date: 10/9/2017

Name & Number: Milas Ceren Hke 140408011

Search different types of additives to use in composite mortars in literature, and prepare a brief document.

In below, the abstracts of numerous articles or technical reports are given briefly to picture a general idea of
recently developed and/or improved additive materials used in composite mortar industry.

Utilization of waste marble dust as an additive in cement production

Hseyin Ylmaz Arunta a Metin Gr bMustafa Day a lker Tekinc
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261306910001901#!

...waste marble dust added cements (WMDCs) have been obtained by intergrinding WMD with Portland
cement clinker at different blend ratios: 2.5%, 5.0%, 7.5% and 10% by weight. 40 40 160 mm mortar prisms
have been produced with the obtained cements. Strength tests have been carried out on mortar specimen at 7,
28, and 90 days. WMDCs have been compared to each other as well as to control cements of CEM I and CEM II
with respect to their physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Obtained results showed that WMDCs
conform to EN 197-1 standard and thus 10% WMD can be used as an additive material in cement
manufacturing.

In above, its clearly understood that recycled materials such as waste marble dust can be and are used as
additives.

The compressive strength of WMDC2 is higher than those of PC. The compressive strengths of all WMDCs are
higher than those of PCC strengths at all ages. All WMDCs can be used instead of PCC.

Cost of cement production can be decreased by use of 10% WMD.

And its use is economically better and provides improved strength characteristics to the cement.

Theres also mortars modified with rubber from worn automobile tires;

Improvement of chloride ion penetration resistance in cement mortars modified with rubber from worn
automobile tires
N.Oikonomou, S.Mavridou

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946509000602

Granulated tire rubber was substituted for sand in different weight percentages; additives such as
superplastisizer, a 60% anionic bitumen emulsion and SBR latex were used in some of the mixtures, since they
have been found to improve mechanical and physical characteristics of the mortars. Although strength reduction
is certainly a negative property that may hinder the use of tire rubber in cement-based products, we observed
positive effects on some other properties, such as absorption of water by immersion under vacuum and
resistance to chloride ion penetration. Especially, the reduction in chloride ion penetration in cement mortars and

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in concrete reduces the potential for corrosion of embedded reinforcement, which is of great practical
importance.
Concrete modified with tire rubber concrete can be advantageous for special applications where the main
request is not for mechanical properties, such as in the production of sound barriers and cement blocks, as
lightweight concrete walls, as well as in structures exposed to aggressive environments where high resistance to
chloride ions penetration is required.

Effect of protein additive on properties of mortar

Jozef Jasiczak Krzysztof Zielinski
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946506000059

Test results presented in the article describe the impact of a protein additive (powdered red blood cells) on
selected physical properties of cement paste, fresh mortar and physical and mechanical properties of hardened
mortar. The protein additive is achieved as a result of industrial processing of animal blood.
The analysis of the test results achieved showed that the protein included in the preparation added to the mortar
leads to intensive air entraining, which has a significant effect on the most basic of physical properties both of
the fresh mortar (consistence, plasticity, volumetric density) and hardened mortar (bending strength, shrinkage,
volumetric density and frost resistance). The intensity of this influence, calculated in relation to the mass of the
protein preparation added to the mortar, for most of the tested properties, is much higher than in the case of
currently used air entraining agents.
Fresh paste and fresh mortar:
significant lengthening of the end of cement setting time,
clear decrease of the mortar consistency,
considerable decrease of the volumetric density.
Hardened mortar:
decrease of the bending strength and ultimate compressive strength, proportionate to the decrease of the
volumetric density,
considerable increase of the shrinkage,
significant increase of mortar resistance to the destructive impact of frost.

Thermal energy storage cement mortar containing n-octadecane/expanded graphite composite phase
change material
Zhengguo Zhang a Guoquan Shi a Shuping Wang a Xiaoming Fang a Xiaohong Liu b

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148112004946,

Here we demonstrate thermal energy storage cement mortar (TESCM) fabricated by integrating ordinary
cement mortar with a composite phase change material (PCM) based on n-octadecane and expanded graphite
(EG).
The mechanical property test for the TESCM cubes shows that the n-octadecane/EG composite PCM has a good
compatibility with building materials, and does not obviously deteriorate the apparent densities of the cement

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mortar cubes. The thermal conductivities of the TESCM boards decrease with the increase in the mass
percentage of the composite PCM, which benefits their thermal insulation performance. The TESCM boards
containing the n-octadecane/EG composite PCM have a function of reducing energy consumption by decreasing
the indoor temperature variation, and the function is enhanced with the increase in the mass ratio of the
composite PCM.

For further information:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946512000133

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008884697827020

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958946514001632