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Construction and Building Materials: Zhi Ge, Dawei Huang, Renjuan Sun, Zhili Gao
Construction and Building Materials: Zhi Ge, Dawei Huang, Renjuan Sun, Zhili Gao
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The effects of fly ash, bitumen, and nano-calcium carbonate on mechanical properties of plastic mortar were investigated.
The plastic mortar shows high temperature stability.
Plastic mortar has low water absorption and high sulfate corrosion resistance.
The SEM test indicates that the PET and aggregate were bonded well.
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: This paper studied the mechanical properties and durability of plastic mortar made with recycled Poly-
Received 15 July 2014 ethylene Terephthalate (PET). The effects of gradation and admixtures, including bitumen, fly ash, and
Received in revised form 30 September 2014 nano-calcium carbonate, on strength were investigated. The temperature stability was studied based
Accepted 8 October 2014
on the compressive strength at different temperatures. The water absorption and sulfate corrosion resis-
tance were conducted to evaluate the durability. The microstructure of the plastic mortar was observed
by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The test results show that increasing the content of fine particles
Keywords:
could first increase and then decrease the strength. Partially replacing PET with bitumen and/or fly ash
Recycled polyethylene terephthalate
Mechanical property
could significantly influence the strength. But the nano-calcium carbonate had no significant effect on
Durability strength. The plastic mortar had high stability as temperature changed from 30 to 90 °C. The strength
Temperature stability was similar for specimens under different testing temperatures. The plastic mortar had very low water
Admixtures absorption and high sulfate corrosion resistance. The SEM results revealed that the PET and aggregates
SEM were bonded well.
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Compressive strength (MPa)
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Grading Fig. 4. Effect of bitumen on compressive strength.
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Flexural strength (MPa)
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Grading Fig. 5. Effect of bitumen on flexural strength.
Fig. 8. Effect of nano-calcium carbonate on compressive strength. Fig. 9. The temperature stability of PET mortar.
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Compressive strength (MPa)
Sulfate solution
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water
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Fig. 13. Microstructure of PET mortar.
Cycles
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4. Conclusions
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This paper investigated the properties of the plastic mortar
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and proved that it was possible to make mortar with recycled
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PET. The major conclusions are listed as follows:
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0 10 20 30 1. Increasing the content of fine particles could first increase and
Cycles then decrease the strength of plastic mortar. The specimen with
Fig. 12. Compressive strength after wetting–drying cycle in sulfate solution. 15% fine particles had the highest compressive strength.
2. Both bitumen and fly ash increased the flexural strength. As the
from the cement mortar, there was no chemical reaction between bitumen increased from 0% to 15%, the compressive strength
PET and sulfate. was first increased and then decreased. However, for fly ash,
Fig. 13 shows the microstructure of plastic mortar. The mixture the compressive strength increased as the content changed
was uniform with several isolated air bubbles, which could be from 0% to 15%. Different from bitumen and fly ash, the nano-
entrapped during the mixing process. The PET and sand particles calcium carbonate had no significant effect on the strength.
were bonded well. Different from cement mortar, the interfacial 3. The PET mortar had excellent temperature stability. The com-
zone was dense and no microcracks or voids were found in the pressive strength was stable as the temperature increased from
zone. The dense structure of PET mortar could be one of the rea- 30 to 90 °C.
sons for the low water absorption and high sulfate corrosion 4. The specimen had very low water absorption, which was 0.47%,
resistance. and high sulfate corrosion resistance. The strength was almost
As the test results indicate the newly developed plastic mortar constant after 30 testing cycles. The SEM results show that
could reach high compressive and flexural strength at only one day the PET mortar had uniform and dense structure. The PET and
with proper mix proportion and curing. In this case, the material sand was bonded well.
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