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Title: Magnetic susceptibility and magnetic resonance measurements of the moisture content and hydration condition of a magnetic mixture material

Abstract

We developed a magnetic measurement method to measure the moisture content and hydration condition of mortar as a magnetic mixture material. Mortar is a mixture of Portland cement, sand, and water, and these materials exhibit different magnetic properties. The magnetization–magnetic field curves of these components and of mortars with different moisture contents were measured, using a specially developed high-temperature-superconductor superconducting quantum interference device. Using the differences in magnetic characteristics, the moisture content of mortar was measured at the ferromagnetic saturation region over 250 mT. A correlation between magnetic susceptibility and moisture content was successfully established. After Portland cement and water are mixed, hydration begins. At the early stage of the hydration/gel, magnetization strength increased over time. To investigate the magnetization change, we measured the distribution between bound and free water in the mortar in the early stage by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI results suggest that the amount of free water in mortar correlates with the change in magnetic susceptibility.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700-8530 (Japan)
  2. Central Research Lab., Hitachi. Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-Koigakubo, Kokubunji, Tokyo 185-8601 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22273603
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 17; Conference: 55. annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Atlanta, GA (United States), 14-18 Nov 2010; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CORRELATIONS; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; HYDRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MIXTURES; MOISTURE; MORTARS; NMR IMAGING; PORTLAND CEMENT; SQUID DEVICES

Citation Formats

Tsukada, K., E-mail: tsukada@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp, Kusaka, T., Saari, M. M., Takagi, R., Sakai, K., Kiwa, T., and Bito, Y. Magnetic susceptibility and magnetic resonance measurements of the moisture content and hydration condition of a magnetic mixture material. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4852075.
Tsukada, K., E-mail: tsukada@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp, Kusaka, T., Saari, M. M., Takagi, R., Sakai, K., Kiwa, T., & Bito, Y. Magnetic susceptibility and magnetic resonance measurements of the moisture content and hydration condition of a magnetic mixture material. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4852075
Tsukada, K., E-mail: tsukada@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp, Kusaka, T., Saari, M. M., Takagi, R., Sakai, K., Kiwa, T., and Bito, Y. 2014. "Magnetic susceptibility and magnetic resonance measurements of the moisture content and hydration condition of a magnetic mixture material". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4852075.
@article{osti_22273603,
title = {Magnetic susceptibility and magnetic resonance measurements of the moisture content and hydration condition of a magnetic mixture material},
author = {Tsukada, K., E-mail: tsukada@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp and Kusaka, T. and Saari, M. M. and Takagi, R. and Sakai, K. and Kiwa, T. and Bito, Y.},
abstractNote = {We developed a magnetic measurement method to measure the moisture content and hydration condition of mortar as a magnetic mixture material. Mortar is a mixture of Portland cement, sand, and water, and these materials exhibit different magnetic properties. The magnetization–magnetic field curves of these components and of mortars with different moisture contents were measured, using a specially developed high-temperature-superconductor superconducting quantum interference device. Using the differences in magnetic characteristics, the moisture content of mortar was measured at the ferromagnetic saturation region over 250 mT. A correlation between magnetic susceptibility and moisture content was successfully established. After Portland cement and water are mixed, hydration begins. At the early stage of the hydration/gel, magnetization strength increased over time. To investigate the magnetization change, we measured the distribution between bound and free water in the mortar in the early stage by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI results suggest that the amount of free water in mortar correlates with the change in magnetic susceptibility.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4852075},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22273603}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 17,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}