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Habert G., Choupay N., Montel Jean-Marc, Guillaume D., Escadeillas G. Effects of the secondary minerals of the natural pozzolans on their pozzolanic activity. Cement and Concrete Research, 2008, 38 (7), p. 963-975.

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Lien direct chez l'éditeur doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.02.005

TitreEffects of the secondary minerals of the natural pozzolans on their pozzolanic activity
Année de publication2008
Type de documentArticle
AuteursHabert G., Choupay N., Montel Jean-Marc, Guillaume D., Escadeillas G.
SourceCement and Concrete Research, 2008, 38 (7), p. 963-975.
RésuméNatural pozzolans have been widely used as substitutes for Portland cement, because of their binding properties. Some of them are natural volcanic rocks which contain secondary minerals such as clays and zeolites corresponding to products of the alteration of the rock. The objective of this study was to document the potential effect of the secondary minerals on the strength development of pozzolanic mortars. We chose to investigate this effect by thermally destabilising these minerals in three different pozzolanic deposits (poz-1, poz-2 and poz-3). We first did a detailed mineralogical study, to identify the occurrence and the nature of the different secondary minerals. Kaolinite is abundant in poz-1 and different types of zeolite were identified in poz-2 and poz-3. Thermal treatments were monitored by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis, in order to document mineralogical transformations. The effect on the pozzolanic activity has been tested by strength measurements on normalised mortars at 1, 7 and 28 days. Strength of all blended cements is enhanced while destabilising secondary alteration minerals. For kaolinite, we showed that a strength improvement occurs as soon as it is destructured, even if it is not transformed in metakaolin. For zeolites, destabilisation takes place at low temperature (350 degrees C), but as recrystallisation products are easily formed, activation temperature window is narrow. Endly, we have evidence that the presence of calcite in pozzolans has an effect on early strength. Therefore this study is giving new perspectives for a better use of natural pozzolanic materials in the cement industry.
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