Ysr engineering college of
yogi vemana university
Seminar topic-nano concrete
By syed farook
Roll no-1011901005
Nano concrete
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Content
INTRODUCTION
WHY NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR CONCRETE?
WHAT IS NANO CONCRETE?
NANO MATERIALS
NANO SILICA
BENEFITS OF NANO CONCRETE
CONCLUSION
SCOPE
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
• Nanotechnology is one of the most active research
areas which has wide applications in almost all the
fields.
• As concrete is most usable material in construction
industry it’s been required to improve its quality.
• Improving concrete properties by addition of nano
particles have shown significant improvement than
conventional concrete.
Why nanotechnology for concrete?
Improves the materials’ bulk properties.
Ability to control or manipulate materials at the atomic
scale. NANOSCALE ATTACK ON ASR (ALKALI SILICATE
REACTION)
To obtain thinner final products and faster setting time.
Cost effectiveness.
Lowered levels of environmental contamination.
What is nano concrete?
A concrete made with portland cement particles that
are less than 500nm as a cementing agent.
Currently cement particle sizes range from a few
nano-meters to a maximum of about100 micro
meters.
Portland cement particles are generally in the range
of 1-50 micrometres.
NANO MATERIALS
Carbon Nanotubes.
Nano-silica.
Polycarboxylates.
CARBON NANO TUBES
Carbon nanotubes are molecular-scale tubes of graphitic
carbon with outstanding properties.
They can be several millimetres in length and can have one
“layer” or wall (single walled nanotube) or more than one
wall (multi walled nanotube).
Tensile strenth of CNT is approximately 100 times greater
than that of steel of same diameter.
SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANO TUBES
MULTI WALLED
CARBON NANO TUBES
PROPERTIES
CNT are also highly flexible.
Mechanically, CNT appear to be the strongest material.
The smaller diameters.
Stiffest and strongest fibers.
NANO SILICA
Is the first nano product that replaced the micro silica.
Advancement made by the study of concrete at nano
scale have proved nano silica much better than silica
used in conventional concrete.
NANO SILICA
PROPERTIES
High compressive strengths concretes ( 15 MPa and 75
MPa at 1 day; 40 MPa and 90 MPa at 28 days and 48 MPa and 120
MPa at 120 days.)
High workability with reduced water/cement ratio.
Use of super plasticizing additives is unnecessary.
Fills up all the micro pores and micro spaces.
Cement saving upto 35-45%.
POLYCARBOXYLATES
Polycarboxylates or polymer based concrete admixtures are
High Range Water Reducing admixture (HRWR).
low dosage-reduce water as much as high dosage of
conventional admixtures.
Higher dosage-produce Self Compacting Concrete (SCC).
This admixture type is very suitable for underwater anti-
washout concrete.
POLYCARBOXYLATES
RESULTS
Resistance to compression - 40 to 90MPa in 1
day.Resistance to compression from 70 a 100 MPa (or
more) in 28 days.
Produces high resistance even with low addition (1 to
1.5 % of the cements weight) and gives self
compacting characteristics with higher proportions
(2.5 %).
Meets the norms of environmental protection.
70% less use of additives as traditional silica, super
plasticizers or traditional fibres.
BENEFITS OF NANO CONCRETE
Cessation of contamination caused by micro silica solid
particles.
Lower cost per building site.
Concrete with high initial and final compressive and tensile
strengths.
Concrete with good workability.
Cessation of super plasticizing utilization.
Cessation of silicosis risk. (causes permanent lung damage)
CONCLUSION
Well dispersed nano particles increase the viscosity of
the liquid phase, improves the segregation resistance
and workability of the system.
Accelerates the hydration.
Better bond between aggregates and cement paste.
Improves the toughness,shear,tensile strength and
flexural strength of concrete.
SCOPE
If Portland cement can be formulated with nano-size
cement particles, it will open up a large number of
opportunities.
The cement will not only be more economical than
organic polymers but also will be fire resistant.
A number of investigations have been carried out for
developing smart concrete using carbon fibers.
This will become a reality with nano-cement because nano-
carbontubes are much more effective than carbon fibers.
The thickness of the composite can be reduced to microns
and hence flexible and smart cement composite can be
manufactured.
Thank you
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