PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP EXTERNAL SULFATE ATTACK PORTUGAL: LISBON + LNEC November 3-4, 2016 Sand mineralogy effects on external sulfates resistance of concrete cured in hot climate ‘A.Ben Ammar’, A. Merbouh?, N. Bella®, LA. Bella‘, B. Glaoul* ABSTRACT ACI 305 defined hot climate concreting as mixing, placing and cured concrete with any ‘combination of the flowing conditions that trend to impair concrete: high ambient temperature, high concrete temperature, high wind velocity and solar radiation. In these cases, concrete is subjected principally to plastic shrinkage and concrete differential settlement cracks which lead the penetration of aggressive agents. External sulfate attack is one of the main chemical aggression of concrete. In this research, three different mineralogies of sands (limestone, silica-calcareous and silica) are used to prepare specimens cured in simulate hot climate, and conserved in solutions of MgSO, and Na,SO, for 12 months. Concrete micro-structure was analysed by SEM and XRD analysis. Results showed that the mineralogy of sand has a significant effect on the mechanical performance and micro-structure of concrete subjected to hot weather conditions and exposed to different sulfate solutions. 7) University af Tahri Mohamed, FIMAS Laboratory, Algeria; email: babdelhafid16@yahoo.fr University of Tahri Mohamed, FIMAS Laboratory, Algeria; email: mmerbm@yahoo fr University of Tahri Mohamed, FIMAS Laboratory, Algeria; email: belaSdz@yahoo fr University of Tahri Mohamed, FIMAS Laboratory, Algeria; email: iham_aguida@yahoo fr University of Tahri Mohamed, FIMAS Laboratory, Algeria; email: glaoui_bachi@yahoo fr 30