Cement mortar with sticky rice pulp is an innovative composite material.Investigating its mechanical properties and strength mechanism is essential for the future engineering application.Taking the pulp concentration ...Cement mortar with sticky rice pulp is an innovative composite material.Investigating its mechanical properties and strength mechanism is essential for the future engineering application.Taking the pulp concentration and the mortar ages as the variables,we tested five groups of blocks for the compressive strength and flexural strength,and observed their microstructures with a scanning electronic microscope.The results indicated that the microstructure got dense if the added pulp had a concentration of about 0.3%,and thereby its flexural strength would significantly improve,while the hydration products agglomerated and the microstructure got loose if the added pulp had a concentration of more than 1.0%,which caused a substantial decline in flexural strength.Besides,the hydration reaction was hindered at the early stage due to the addition of the pulp;hence the early strength of the mortar is on the low side.According to the strength mechanism analysis,all the results are mainly attributed to the effects:"water-reduction",agglomeration and retarding,caused by the addition of the pulp.展开更多
The development of traditional lime-based bond in ancient times was reviewed in this paper.It was proved by a lot of historical data that the application of organic materials in inorganic mortar was a sharp-cut charac...The development of traditional lime-based bond in ancient times was reviewed in this paper.It was proved by a lot of historical data that the application of organic materials in inorganic mortar was a sharp-cut characteristic during the developing process of construction gelled materials in ancient China.The important role sticky rice mortar ever played and the historical significance were revealed.Due to the excellent performance,such as high adhesive strength,good toughness,water-proof and so on,traditional mortar represented by sticky rice mortar should be one of the greatest technological contributions of the day in the world.Modern technology was employed in the study of the sticky rice lime mortar and the researching results of our laboratory and some researchers,including the compo-sition and the mechanism of solidification,were also presented.It was found that the sticky rice acted as a matrix of bio-mineralization which affected the microstructure of the calcium carbonate crystal and there was cooperation between sticky rice and calcite produced during the solidifying of the sticky rice mortar,which maybe lead to the excellent performance of the mortar.Because of excellent performance and importance in science,sticky rice mortar can be regarded as one of the greatest inventions in construction history of China.Relative research of sticky mortar will be of importance for the exploring of ancient momentous invention and the repairing of ancient construction.展开更多
基金Supported by the College Students Research Learning and Innovative Experiment Project of Hunan Province(S202012649001)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(2021JJ30270)。
文摘Cement mortar with sticky rice pulp is an innovative composite material.Investigating its mechanical properties and strength mechanism is essential for the future engineering application.Taking the pulp concentration and the mortar ages as the variables,we tested five groups of blocks for the compressive strength and flexural strength,and observed their microstructures with a scanning electronic microscope.The results indicated that the microstructure got dense if the added pulp had a concentration of about 0.3%,and thereby its flexural strength would significantly improve,while the hydration products agglomerated and the microstructure got loose if the added pulp had a concentration of more than 1.0%,which caused a substantial decline in flexural strength.Besides,the hydration reaction was hindered at the early stage due to the addition of the pulp;hence the early strength of the mortar is on the low side.According to the strength mechanism analysis,all the results are mainly attributed to the effects:"water-reduction",agglomeration and retarding,caused by the addition of the pulp.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 20671080)the National Technology Support Program of China(Grant No. 2006BAK30B02)
文摘The development of traditional lime-based bond in ancient times was reviewed in this paper.It was proved by a lot of historical data that the application of organic materials in inorganic mortar was a sharp-cut characteristic during the developing process of construction gelled materials in ancient China.The important role sticky rice mortar ever played and the historical significance were revealed.Due to the excellent performance,such as high adhesive strength,good toughness,water-proof and so on,traditional mortar represented by sticky rice mortar should be one of the greatest technological contributions of the day in the world.Modern technology was employed in the study of the sticky rice lime mortar and the researching results of our laboratory and some researchers,including the compo-sition and the mechanism of solidification,were also presented.It was found that the sticky rice acted as a matrix of bio-mineralization which affected the microstructure of the calcium carbonate crystal and there was cooperation between sticky rice and calcite produced during the solidifying of the sticky rice mortar,which maybe lead to the excellent performance of the mortar.Because of excellent performance and importance in science,sticky rice mortar can be regarded as one of the greatest inventions in construction history of China.Relative research of sticky mortar will be of importance for the exploring of ancient momentous invention and the repairing of ancient construction.
