An experimental study on carbonation and compressive strength of cementitious materials containing CO₂ reactive materials

CO₂ 반응물질을 혼입한 시멘트계 재료의 탄산화 진행 및 압축강도 발현에 관한 실험적 연구

Usually, carbonation of concrete causes pH reduction and corrosion of steel, it leads to decrease of durability. However, CaCO₃, as results of reaction with hydrates products and CO₂, can contribute to improvement of compressive strength. Based on this theory, using carbonation depth, the researches about CO₂ absorption of plain concrete and concrete containing CO₂ reactive materials has been performed. But, the researches has limitation about using one material, therefore, for this study, considering various CO₂ reactive materials, experiment has been proceeded. With water to binder ratio 50%, after initial curing for 2days, accelerated carbonation was performed for 28days, and carbonation depth and compressive strength were measured. As results of carbonation depth, specimen containing desulfurized slag, zeolite showed the highest CO₂ absorption, in case of compressive strength, specimens with MgO were indicated as highest compressive strength.