Affiliation:
1. Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole, Poland
Abstract
The paper presents the effect of the powders obtained from egg-shells and limestone on the rheological properties of cement pastes. Both powders were added to Portland cement CEM I 42.5 R, 30% by mass. The higher yield stress and plastic viscosity of the cement pastes prepared with the addition of eggshell powder, compared to the cement pastes made with limestone powder, were explained by the influence of the eggshell membrane and its chemical structure. The membrane, which absorbs water and expands in the cement paste, is causing an increase in rheological parameters. The membrane, which absorbs water and swells in the cement paste, causes an increase in viscosity and thixotropy compared to the neat cement slurry and slurry with limestone meal added as a result of particle bonding.
Publisher
Fundacja Cement Wapno Beton
Subject
General Materials Science,Building and Construction