ASSESSMENT OF USING WATER OBTAINED THROUGH EVODROP TECHNOLOGY EXPOSED TO ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ON CONCRETE PROPERTIES BASED ON FT-IR AND SEM ANALYSES

Abstract

Various methods are applied to improve the quality of cement and concrete. Many efforts are made to enhance their quality by introducing additional compounds that can stabilize the chemical bonds between their components. Significant effects on hydrogen bonds under the influence of magnetic and electromagnetic waves have been observed. Results have been published with permanent magnetic fields for water treatment for concrete preparation with magnetic inductions B = 4000, 6000, 6000, 9000, and 9250 Gauss. Electromagnetic (e. m.) treated water has emerged as a promising approach for improving the properties of construction materials.Our investigation concerns the properties of concrete. Concrete is a composite building material mainly consisting of cement, aggregates, water, and various chemical additives. Water was activated with electromagnetic fields from solenoid, ranging from 20 to 40 kHz. The study employs Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy analysis and the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) method. The experiments were performed on samples and control samples. The control samples were obtained with water before activation with EM fields. Treating the water in concrete preparation with electromagnetic fields leads to greater mixture homogeneity. SEM images substantiate this outcome. The FT-IR peaks are linked to heightened chemical reactivity from improved water parameters attributed to the treatment with the EVOdrop device.