Published April 2006
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Journal article
Thaumasite formation in a tunnel of Bapanxia Dam in Western China
- 1. Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials Science and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, (China)
- 2. CMRU, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
- 3. Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
Description
A site investigation and sampling was carried out on a sulfate-attacked concrete structure in Bapanxia Hydraulic Power Plant in Western China. The concrete had been exposed to ground water containing substantial concentrations of salts (SO42-, CO32- and Cl-) for about 6 years and was analyzed with X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), laser-Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. It is shown that a white mushy mixture consisting of thaumasite, ettringite, gypsum and calcite is present in the residual concrete. This paper reports the first instance of the thaumasite form of sulfate attack of concrete in China
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.10.011;
- PII
- S0008-8846(05)00233-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Cement and Concrete Research
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 716-722
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
- CODEN
- CCNRAI
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37094923
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCITE; CHINA; CONCRETES; DAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GROUND WATER; GYPSUM; INFRARED SPECTRA; PYRAZOLINES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATES; TUNNELS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
- Descriptors DEC
- ASIA; AZOLES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PYRAZOLES; SCATTERING; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSFORMATIONS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; WATER
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.