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Fourth international conference on fly ash, silica fume, slag, and natural pozzolans in concrete: Supplemental proceedings. High-volume fly ash concrete session

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OSTI ID:5542866
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  1. Radian Canada, Inc., Mississauga, ON (Canada)
  2. Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Ottawa, ON (Canada)

This report consists of four papers presented at a special session on high volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete. These four papers summarize an EPRI research project currently in progress that is investigating HVFA concretes. This objective of this research is to commercialize the HVFA concrete technology through: (1) an extensive measurement of basic engineering and durability properties; (2) an examination of the binder microstructure and cementation hydration reactions; and (3) technology transfer to industry and the construction community. Overall the data from the project that are summarized in these papers, show that commercial quality structural grade concrete (up to 50 MPa compressive strength at 90 days) can be made from a wide range of fly ashes and cements available throughout the USA. It has been shown in this project that fly ash is a reactive participant with the Portland cement in the cementing process, and also serves as a microaggregate in a multiphase composite binder formed during curing. The properties of the binder were found to significantly influence strength development, elastic modulus, and the stress-strain behavior of HVFA concrete. Overall, the data presented show that regardless of the type of fly ash (from the nine US ashes evaluated) and the two cements used, that air-entrained HVFA concrete exhibits excellent durability in all respects except under application of deicing salts where some surface scaling has been observed in the laboratory.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Radian Canada, Inc., Mississauga, ON (Canada); Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
Sponsoring Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
OSTI ID:
5542866
Report Number(s):
EPRI-TR--100577; CONF-920559--Suppl.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English