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Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete

Hilal, Ameer Abdulrahman; Thom, Nicholas; Dawson, Andrew

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Authors

Ameer Abdulrahman Hilal

NICK THOM NICHOLAS.THOM@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor

Andrew Dawson



Abstract

A study has been undertaken to investigate the pore structure characteristics, porosity and critical pore diameter of preformed foamed concrete with a density between 1300 and 1900 kg/m3, and its effect on the permeation characteristics, water absorption and permeability. Different measured and calculated methods were adopted to determine the above properties and a comparison between them was done. Porosity was measured by apparent, total vacuum saturation and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) methods, while permeability was measured (by constant and falling head methods) and calculated (by the Katz and Thompson model). Total porosity and dry density are found to be clearly related. The critical pore diameter (from the MIP test) and the pore diameter size (>200nm) are found to be closely related to the permeability of foamed concrete.

Citation

Hilal, A. A., Thom, N., & Dawson, A. (2014). Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.12.535

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 8, 2014
Publication Date Dec 12, 2014
Deposit Date Aug 2, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 2, 2017
Journal Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology
Electronic ISSN 1346-8014
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 12
DOI https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.12.535
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/740976
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.12.535

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