Hostname: page-component-5c6d5d7d68-7tdvq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-08-23T01:57:44.790Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Investigations on Phosphate Cements Hardening at Room Temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Alfred Zurz
Affiliation:
Technical University Clausthal, Institute of Nonmetallic Materials, ZehntnerstraBde 2A, D-3392 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Federal Republic of Germany
I. Odler
Affiliation:
Technical University Clausthal, Institute of Nonmetallic Materials, ZehntnerstraBde 2A, D-3392 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Federal Republic of Germany
B. Dettki
Affiliation:
Technical University Clausthal, Institute of Nonmetallic Materials, ZehntnerstraBde 2A, D-3392 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Federal Republic of Germany
Get access

Abstract

Pastes prepared from diammonium orthophosphate and calcined magnesia, MgO, exhibit a fast setting and hardening associated with NH3 liberation. Struvite, MgNH4PO4.6H2O, was found to be the main reaction product. Pastes made with NaH2PO4 or Na-polyphosphate exhibit a similar hardening reaction. The hardening reaction may be retarded and the ultimate strength moderately increased by adding appropriate retarders, such as Na2B4O7 10H2O to the system. The quality of the used MgO and its fineness has a significant effect on the rate of the hardening reaction.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Sugarna, T. and Kukacka, L. E., Cem. Concr. Res., 13,407 (1983).Google Scholar
2. Sugama, T. and Kukacka, L. E., Cem. Concr. Res., 1, 499 (1983).Google Scholar
3. Abdelrazig, B. E. I., Sharpe, J. H., Siddy, P. A., and El-Jazairi, B., Proc. Brit. Ceram. Soc., 35, 141 (1984).Google Scholar
4. Abdelrazig, B. E. I. and Sharp, J. H., Cem. Concr. Res., 15, 921 (1985).Google Scholar
5. Povovics, S., Rajendran, N., and Penko, M., ACI Materials J., 84, 64 (1987).Google Scholar
6. Abdelrazig, B. E. I., Sharp, J. H., and El-Jazairi, B., Cem. Concr. Res., 18, 415 (1988).Google Scholar
7. Abdelrazig, B. E. I., Sharp, J. H., and El-Jazairi, B., Cem. Concr. Res., 19, 247 (1989).Google Scholar