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Effect of Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2) on Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete


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1 JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500085, India
2 JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh–515002, India
3 Irrigation and CAD Department, TBP HLC Circle, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh-515004, India
 

This paper reports the effect of Magnesium chloride (2) on Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) concrete. The OPC concrete was produced with MgCl2 dosage of 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 g/lit and deionised water was used in concrete mix (M20&M50). In addition to this, control specimens were prepared with deionised water (without MgCl2) for comparison. The compressive and tensile strengths were evaluated for 28 and 90 days. The results show that, as the MgCl2 concentration increases, the compression and tensile strengths decrease. The X-ray diffraction analysis for concrete has been carried out at 1.5 g/lit concentration.

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Portland Cement, Concrete
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Authors

V. Venkateswara Reddy
JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500085, India
N. V. Ramana
JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh–515002, India
K. Gnaneswar
Irrigation and CAD Department, TBP HLC Circle, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh-515004, India
C. Sashidhar
JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh–515002, India

Abstract


This paper reports the effect of Magnesium chloride (2) on Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) concrete. The OPC concrete was produced with MgCl2 dosage of 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 g/lit and deionised water was used in concrete mix (M20&M50). In addition to this, control specimens were prepared with deionised water (without MgCl2) for comparison. The compressive and tensile strengths were evaluated for 28 and 90 days. The results show that, as the MgCl2 concentration increases, the compression and tensile strengths decrease. The X-ray diffraction analysis for concrete has been carried out at 1.5 g/lit concentration.

Keywords


Portland Cement, Concrete

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4i6%2F30082