Enhancing ultra-early strength of sulphoaluminate cement-based materials by incorporating graphene oxide
Yushi Liu, Minjie Jia, Chengzhe Song, Shuang Lü, Hui Wang, Guanhua Zhang, Yingzi Yang
Abstract
Abstract In order to meet the increasing engineering requirements, the ultra-early strength of sulphoaluminate cement (SAC)-based materials need to be improved to achieve road repair, engineering rescue and other objectives. Graphene oxide (GO) of 0.04 wt% was incorporated into SAC mortar to prepare GO enhanced SAC mortar (GO-SAC). It was found that the compressive strength of GO-SAC was increased by 46.9% at the age of 6 hours, and the flexural strength of GO-SAC was increased by 121.4% at the age of 100 minutes, compared with the control SAC mortar. The mechanism analysis based on the characterization results derived from XRD, BET, in situ ATR-FTIR, hydration heat measurement, TG–DSC and SEM showed that, the addition of minute quantities of GO led to the formation and growth of ribbon-like AFt,which further resulted in the improvement of the ultra-early strength of GO-SAC. This work indicates that GO has great potential for practical application in the preparation of high-performance SAC-based materials with ultra-early strength.