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Hydration behavior and compressive strength of cement mixed with exploded wood fiber strand obtained by the water-vapor explosion process
Journal of Wood Science volume 49, pages 317–326 (2003)
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Poor compatibility was found between exploded wood fiber strand (WFS) and cement due to the excessive presence of water-soluble degraded polysaccharides in extractives of exploded WFS obtained from weathered wood waste treated by the water-vapor explosion process (WVEP). This study presents some comparative results from a continuing investigation on the compressive strengths of exploded WFS–cement mixtures. Based on results previously obtained with the hydration test, the relation between hydration behavior and compressive strength of the mixture was explored. In addition, the effect of the curing age on compressive strength development of the mixture with selected additive chemicals was examined. The results supported the results of early studies with hydration tests indicating that adding MgCl2 to the mixtures of exploded WFS mixed with quick-curing cement or ordinary Portland cement and a composite of MgCl2 + CaO added to the mixture of exploded WFS and furnace-slag cement effectively improved the hydration behaviors; it greatly enhanced the compressive strengths of mixtures as well. Compressive strengths were strongly correlated to maximum hydration temperatures (T max) of wood–cement mixtures influenced by the cement type, wood wastes (treated or not with WVEP), additive chemicals, and their content levels. The results also indicated that adding selected chemicals had no significant effect on compressive strength among the mixtures of exploded WFS mixed, respectively, with three types of cement at a curing age of 180 days. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used to identify the hydration products and to probe the element distribution of the mixture in the wood–cement interface zone from a fractured surface.
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Part of this report was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu, April 2002
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Wei, Y., Tomita, B., Hiramatsu, Y. et al. Hydration behavior and compressive strength of cement mixed with exploded wood fiber strand obtained by the water-vapor explosion process. J Wood Sci 49, 317–326 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-002-0479-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-002-0479-5