Durability of reinforced concrete with additions of natual pozzolans of volcanic origin
Date
2022Abstract
In this work, the properties of concrete modified with dosages of natural pozzolans
(NP) in substitution of cement or superfine aggregates were evaluated. Proportions of 20/80 pozzolan/cement or pozzolan/superfine aggregates were selected for the additions of quarry and tuff
pozzolans. Pozzolanic activity, durability, compressive strength, characteristic resistance, settling
consistency, density, electrical resistivity, depth of water penetration, accessible porosity, and carbonation and chloride penetration were determined for the resulting concrete mixtures, and they were
subsequently compared to the values obtained for the reference concrete batches without additions.
The results of the cementitious mixtures supplemented with tuff (PZT) and quarry (PZQ) pozzolans,
expressed in mmol/L, are consistent with the pozzolanism test, with [Ca(OH)2
]/[OH−] ratios at
7 days are 6.03/60.19 for PZQ and 1.78/92.78 PZT. In addition to the pozzolanic activity at these
dosages, the characteristic resistance and durability parameters required by EHE-08 were verified.
Particular attention was given to the determination of the diffusion of chloride ions, introducing an
instrumental modification of the accelerated integral method. The modification provides values of
diffusion coefficients similar to those obtained by the other methods with the advantage of greater
stability and quality of the measurement.