Modern Electrical Measurement of Alkali Activated Slag Mortars with Increased Electrical Conductivity

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Slag mortars belong to the new promising alternative construction materials. Conventional cementitious materials are harder to measure by electrical test methods. It is being researched if the dopant atoms in the form of powder improve the mechanical properties. This article describes how the test slag mortars with addition of carbon by electrical impedance spectroscopy measurement methods and their extensions in the form of using ZNC vector analyzer with a coaxial probe from Speag. Impedance spectra of samples were obtained in the 40 Hz to 1 MHz. Declines of impedance by adding more carbon were expected and confirmed. Electrical conductivity and permittivity were measured by vector analyzer for the 100 MHz to 3 GHz. The permittivity was varied from 4 to 20, depending on the addition of carbon, the conductivity of the samples from 1/2600 to 0.3 S·m-1.

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