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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 201, Issue -, Pages 159-170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.12.103
Keywords
Branched polymers; Dispersion; Nano silica; Interactions; Rheology; Microstructure
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- Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) [95817102]
- Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI)
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Various branched polymers as superplasticizer containing nano silica were synthesized via in situ solution polymerization. The molecular structures of the branched polymers were characterized using (HNMR)-H-1 and GPC methods. The interactions between the prepared polymers and nano silica were also investigated using TGA methods. After the neutralization and ultra sonication of the resulting nano suspensions possessing different amounts of nano particles, the size of the aggregated nano silica and branched polymers and their dispersion behavior were studied using DLS and SEM methods. The SEM results showed that the cement paste microstructure and morphology were different in the presence of the branched polymers and nano particles. The branched polymers influenced the cement microstructure and morphology of the hydrated calcium silicate crystals. In addition, the distribution of nano silica particles examined using EDAX method. The rheological properties of the cement pastes were examined at different water to cement ratios and pHs. The viscosity of the cement suspension was different depending on the concentration of the branched polymers as the superplasticizer and nano silica state. The branched polymer was desorbed from nano silica surface and then was adsorbed on the cement particle leading to decreasing the cement suspension viscosity and improving dispersion behavior of the cement particles. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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