Composite cements containing natural pozzolan and granulated blast furnace slag
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https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2006.v56.i283.6Keywords:
Portland cement, pozzolan, granulated blast furnace slag, compressive strength, flexural strengthAbstract
For reasons of market demand and Portland cement production,the manufacture of cements with two or more separately ground additions to produce customized cements is becoming common practice.
When pozzolan or slag content in this type of cements is high, however, the initial strength of the resulting product may be adversely impacted. This problem can be minimized by activating one or both of the replacement materials.
The present study analyzes the effect of Portland cement additions such as physically activated natural pozzolan(up to 20%) and/or granulated blast furnace slag (up to 35%) on mortar flexural and compressive strength. The results show that higher strength is attained in ternary than binary cements. Initially (2 and 7 days), the highest compressive strengths are reached by mortars with up to 13% natural pozzolan and 5% slag, whereas at later ages mortars with larger proportions of additions are found to perform best.
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