A Study on the Alkali-Aggregate Reaction of Quartz and Feldspars in Concrete Structure

콘크리트 구조물에서 석영, 장석의 알카리-골재반응의 연구

Cracks in the concrete structure are known to develope by various mechani는, including an alkali-aggregate reaction. The alkali-silicate reaction between aggregates and cement is studied using polarized microscope, electron probe microanalyser and electron microscope. Metamorphosed, biaxial quartz and feldspars grains appear to have reacted readily with alkali from cement. For a given mineral, fine-grained minerals tend to react readily over the coarse-grained ones. A chemical analysis shows that the elements K, Na, Ca, and Si migrated, in most cases, fro the portion of h호 concentration to the low, Some clay minerals, including smectite and illite are newly formed as one of the reaction products. The continual expansion and shrinkage of the expandible clay minerals, probably due to repeated absorption and loss of water within the structure, plays an important role in the development of cracks within the concrete structure.