Name - NIKHIL MADHU MENON Roll No.

B100515CE

VERY HIGH EARLY STRENGTH OF ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE CONTAINING NANO SCALE POZZOLAN USING THE MICROWAVE HEAT CURING METHOD
ABSTRACT
This paper deals mainly with the application of a microwave heat curing method to ultra-high strength and performance concrete specimens made up of combination of micro and nano scale pozzolans. The application of this curing method enables very high early strength, as high as 420 MPa to be obtained after one day by a total microwave curing duration of two hour. In addition it was observed that the achieved strength depended on the kind of nano scale pozzolan (oxide) used and on the microwave energy, time of treatment and treatment duration. In comparison with the oven curing method has the advantages of much shorter curing times and better curing efficiency. The microwave curing of ultrahigh performance curing seems to be very advantageous for application where extreme concrete strength in very short time is required.

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