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Metal Nitrates Cementitious System 33 MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials Twelve cement-based waste materials were prepared for the study. The primary pollutants of concern, chromium, manganese, lead and zinc were introduced as metal nitrate salts. These elements were selected, as they are the main pollutants contained in industrial wastes that have been previously studied [11]. Each metal was introduced to three different matrices, Portland cement, Portland cement and silica fume, and Portland cement and natural zeolite.
101-111 EFFECT OF ZEOLITE AND SILICA FUMES ON THE MECHANICAL AND LEACHING PERFORMANCE OF A CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEM CONTAINING METAL NITRATES C Gervais Forum for the Future S K Ouki University of Surrey United Kingdom ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of Cr, Mn, Pb, and Zn, on the mechanical and leaching characteristics of cement-based materials. Three different matrices (i) Portland cement, (ii) Portland cement and silica fume, and (iii) Portland cement and natural zeolites, were investigated.
This type of concrete, known as MSCC (Multi-Scale Cement Composite), was developed by the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees (LCPC, France) [7]. Two other types of fibre reinforced concrete, SIFCON (Slurry Infiltrated Fibered Concrete) [8] and ECC (Engineered Cementitious Composite) [9], have been developed concurrently with those described above, but we feel they differ slightly from UHPFRCs. e. a matrix with ultra-high compressive strength (> 150 MPa) as the compressive strength of their matrices New Cement Composite Materials 19 does not exceed 70 MPa.