Ancient analogues concerning stability and durability of cementitious wasteform
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
The history of cementitious materials goes back to ancient times. The Greeks and Romans used calcined limestone and later developed pozzolanic cement by grinding together lime and volcanic ash called {open_quotes}pozzolan{close_quotes} which was first found near Port Pozzuoli, Italy. The ancient Chinese used lime-pozzolanic mixes to build the Great Wall. The ancient Egyptians used calcined impure gypsum to build the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The extraordinary stability and durability of these materials has impressed us, when so much dramatically damaged infrastructure restored by using modern portland cement now requires rebuilding. Stability and durability of cementitious materials have attracted intensive research interest and contractors` concerns, as does immobilization of radioactive and hazardous industrial waste in cementitious materials. Nuclear waste pollution of the environment and an acceptable solution for waste management and disposal constitute among the most important public concerns. The analogy of ancient cementitious materials to modern Portland cement could give us some clues to study their stability and durability. This present study examines selected results of studies of ancient building materials from France, Italy, China, and Egypt, combined with knowledge obtained from the behavior of modern portland cement to evaluate the potential for stability and durability of such materials in nuclear waste forms.
- OSTI ID:
- 47878
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931108-Vol.333; CNN: Grant MSS-9123239; TRN: 95:011385
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 29 Nov - 3 Dec 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XVII; Barkatt, A. [ed.] [Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC (United States)]; Van Konynenburg, R.A. [ed.] [Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)]; PB: 964 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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