| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K94881/01 |
| Title: |
BROADLINE MRI & MAS NMR CHARACTERISATION OR PORTLAND CEMENTS: WATER & CHLORIDE MOBILITY & CONTROL. |
| Principal Investigator: |
McDonald, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 June 1996 |
Ends: |
30 September 1998 |
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79,562
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Civil Engineering Materials |
Materials Characterisation |
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| Construction |
Transport Systems and Vehicles |
| Water |
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A major problem facing reinforced concrete structures is degradation caused by the ingress of water carrying chlorides. There are two primary methods of arresting chlorides: by hydrophobic surface treatment to limit water ingress, and by direct ion immobilisation with pozzolanic binders. A multidisciplinary team has been assembled to apply the innovative non destructive techniques of broad line MRI, coupled with multinuclear MAS NMR spectroscopy, which has a proven capability of providing non inferred information needed to advance significantly the understanding of water and ion transport and their control mechanisms in cementitous materials. Key proving experiments have already been performed: broad line MRI has quantitatively visualised both water and absorbed polymer in cementitous material, giving information on water transport and dynamics in surface treated mortars; 27A1 and 35C1 MAS NMR spectroscopy has given information about the binding of chlorides to the alumnia bearing phases of pozzolanic additives.
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