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Nanoindentation characteristics of cement paste and interfacial transition zone in mortar with rice husk ash

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The nanostructure of cementitious materials has important effects on concrete properties. The effects of rice husk ash (RHA) on cement hydration product phases and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) in mortar were investigated from the nano-scale structure perspective. The experimental results indicate that, with the increase of RHA dosages of samples, the volume fraction of high-density calcium-silicate-hydrate (HD C-S-H) in porosity and hydration product phases increases. The volume fractions of HD C-S-H in C-S-H of samples show an increasing trend with the increase of RHA dosages. RHA decreases the thickness of ITZ and increases the matrix elastic moduli of samples, however, the RHA dosoges hardly affect the thickness and elastic moduli.

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  1. College of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China

    Zhihai He  (何智海), Shigui Du  (杜时贵), Man Huang & Menglu Xia

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China

    Chunxiang Qian

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51602198, 41427802 and 41302257), the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. LQ13D020001) and the Shaoxing University Scientific Research Project (No. 20145030)

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He, Z., Qian, C., Du, S. et al. Nanoindentation characteristics of cement paste and interfacial transition zone in mortar with rice husk ash. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 32, 417–421 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-017-1613-y

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