Montira Seneewong Na Ayutthaya. Nucleation effect of surface-modified multiwall carbon nanotube on setting time and mechanical behavior of cement. Doctoral Degree(Chemical Engineering). มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าพระนครเหนือ. สำนักหอสมุดกลาง. : King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 2016.
Nucleation effect of surface-modified multiwall carbon nanotube on setting time and mechanical behavior of cement
Abstract:
Cement is an important civil engineering material for construction. Setting time and mechanical behavior of cement are important properties for an emergency or limited time work. Carbon nanotube (CNT) is one of nanomaterials that have an attention for improving properties of cement by acting as nucleating sites for the growth of the cement hydration products. However, the main problem of CNT application in cement is that CNT has low dispersion in cement compound due to its aggregation with van der Waals force of its high surface area.
In part 1 : The modified CNT was prepared by functionalization techniques. Three different techniques used were admicellar polymerization, biopolymer coating and mild acid oxidation. The results show that all modified CNT samples clearly yield improved aqueous dispersions. The optimum conditions of CNT modifications were 1 : 10 (surfactant:monomer) by admicellar polymerization, 1 : 0.2 (CNT : biopolymer) by biopolymer coating, and 0.05 M of KMnO4 by mild acid oxidation. FT-IR, TGA, SEM and TEM were used to confirm that CNT was successfully modified. FT-Raman was used to prove that three studied techniques were the methods as non-destructive functionalizations. For each of the three approaches, the better option was KMnO4 for mild acid oxidation, PVAc for admicellar polymerization, and chitosan for biopolymer deposition.
In part 2 : The effect of the modified CNT in cement paste on nucleation phenomena was studied by observing the setting time and mechanical behavior examination. The results showed that the modified CNT accelerated the hydration reaction rate and promoted the formation of hydrated products. The degree of cement hydration was calculated by Avrami equation for investigating the kinetics. The properties and workability of the modified CNT/OPC compounds were examined. It was found that the modified CNT enhanced mechanical properties and reduced the final setting time due to the stable dispersion of the modified CNT in cement matrix. SEM micrograph showed good interactions between the modified CNT and hydrated solid products of cement that filled inside the pore. The optimum loading of the modified CNT in cement compound was 0.02% by cement weight, and the best modified CNT/OPC compound was Chi-coated CNT/OPC for improving mechanical strength and workability. In the conclusion, the modified CNT can be further used to implement the new commercial high value specific cement