The Corrosion Resistance of Reinforced Magnesium Phosphate Cement Reactive Powder Concrete

Abstract

Magnesium phosphate cement-based reactive powder concrete (MPC-RPC) is a cement-based material with early strength, high strength and excellent durability. The slump flow and setting time of steel fibers reinforced MPC-RPC are investigated. Meanwhile, the flexural strength, the compressive strength, the ultrasonic velocity and the electrical resistivity of specimens cured for 3 h, 1 day, 3 days and 28 days are determined. Moreover, the corresponding corrosion resistance reinforced MPC-RPC exposing to NaCl freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles and dry-wet (D-W) alternations is researched. In this study, the steel fibers used are 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5% and 3.0% by the volume of MPC-RPC. The corrosion of the inner reinforcement is reflected using the mass loss, electrical resistivity, ultrasonic velocity, and the AC impedance spectrum. Researching findings show that the steel fibers lead to decreasing the slump flow and setting time. The flexural strength, the compressive strength and ultrasonic velocity of MPC-RPC cured for 3 h are higher than 45% of the MPC-RPC cured for 28 days. Moreover, when the MPC-RPC is cured for 7 days, the flexural strength, the compressive strength and ultrasonic velocity of MPC-RPC are higher than 85% of the specimens cured for 28 days. The electrical resistance decreases in a quadratic function as the volume ratio of steel fibers increases. The corrosion resistance of the internal reinforcement can be improved by adding steel fibers at appropriate dosages. The reinforcement inner MPC-RPC corrodes more seriously under the NaCl D-W alternations than NaCl F-T cycles.