Service-life of concrete in freeze-thaw environments: Critical degree of saturation and calcium oxychloride formation

SH Smith, C Qiao, P Suraneni, KE Kurtis… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Advancements in service-life prediction of concrete in freeze-thaw environments are
reviewed to help inform concrete design, specification, and future areas of research. Critical …

Carbonation and chloride ions' penetration of alkali-activated materials: a review

X Zhang, K Long, W Liu, L Li, WJ Long - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are widely recognized as potential alternatives to ordinary
Portland cement (OPC) due to their lower carbon footprint. However, like OPC, AAMs can …

Chloride binding of cement pastes with fly ash exposed to CaCl2 solutions at 5 and 23° C

C Qiao, P Suraneni, TNW Ying, A Choudhary… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
In cementitious materials exposed to solutions containing chloride, chloride binding typically
results from the chemical reactions between chloride ions and aluminate phases to form …

Comparing influence of inert biochar and silica rich biochar on cement mortar–Hydration kinetics and durability under chloride and sulfate environment

S Gupta, S Muthukrishnan, HW Kua - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated influence of biochar, prepared from rice husk and waste wood, on
hydration kinetics and resistance to chloride and sulfate attack of cementitious composite …

Damage in cement pastes exposed to NaCl solutions

C Qiao, P Suraneni, J Weiss - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Friedel's salt forms in cementitious materials exposed to NaCl solutions. This paper
quantifies the amount of Friedel's salt that forms and relates the formation of Friedel's salt to …

Application of molten iron desulfurization slag to replace steel slag as an alkaline component in solid waste-based cementitious materials

H Du, D Xu, X Li, J Li, W Ni, Y Li, P Fu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Desulfurization slag (DS), generated from molten iron pre-desulfurization process, has a
high alkalinity that may cause seriously environmental issues. To solve the DS-disposal …

Green concrete with ground granulated blast-furnace slag activated by desulfurization gypsum and electric arc furnace reducing slag

Y Li, C Qiao, W Ni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper studies the mechanical properties and hydration of green concrete which is
made from ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), desulfurization gypsum (DG) and …

Understanding the impact of main seawater ions and leaching on the chloride transport in alkali-activated slag and Portland cement

Z Chen, H Ye - Cement and Concrete Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence has suggested an aggravated chloride diffusion in concrete
exposed to seawater than to pure NaCl solution of the same chloride concentration …

Physicochemical modelling in chlorides migration in concrete with account of multi-species coupling, reaction kinetic and pore evolution

L Mao, L Li, Y Wang, Q Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
Chloride-induced corrosion poses a significant challenge to the long-term sustainability of
concrete structures exposed to seawater. This study proposed a multi-species reactive …

A study on the salt attack performance of magnesium oxychloride cement in different salt environments

Q Huang, W Zheng, X Xiao, J Dong, J Wen… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Anti-corrosion cement is urgently needed due to the rapid development of salt lake and
marine engineering facilities, and ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete will undergo …