ABSTRACT
The ranking of mineral addition for use as a pozzolan requires the determination of their reactivity. This can be performed using the indirect method, through the compressive strength test of Portland cement mortar. Mineral additions of high reactivity, such as rice hull silica, silica fume and metakaolin has high specific area, which increases the fixing lime by pozzolanic activity and increases the compressive strength of the hydrated matrix. The classification, according to the Brazilian Standard - NBR 12,653, is based on the minimum compressive strength proportion of cement pozzolanic mortar in relation to the reference mortar. The partial substitution of cement by volume mineral addition reduces the compression strength of the system to be balanced, in whole or in part, by hydrated compounds formed by pozzolanic activity. This paper is Part II of the article entitled "Activity of pozzolanic mineral additions for Portland cement" and provide an evaluation of pozzolanicity cement systems Portland - mineral addition, according to the Brazilian Standard - NBR 5752. In addition there are also the application of X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis (TG / DTG) in pastes same as contained in the mortar for further analysis to the indirect method. Part I of this paper concludes that the proposed methodology in the NBR 5751 (IAP with lime) is not suitable to rank to high reactivity in mineral additions due to the depletion of the alkaline reserve, although the classification is admissible. Furthermore, the methodology of NBR 5752 (IAP with Portland cement) was effective in classification and ranking of mineral additions of high reactivity (rice hull silica, silica fume and metakaolin) in the test with high early strength Portland cement, despite the extrapolation of the maximum mixing water allowed.
Keywords:
mineral additions; pozzolanic activity; compression strength
