Study on the Physical and Mechanical Performance of Graphite Foamed Cement-Based Material

Abstract

To figure out the physical and mechanical performance of graphite foam concrete，orthogonal test was applied to ascertain four factors for graphite foamed cement-based material (GFCBM). The influence of water cement ratio, graphite content, hydrogen peroxide content and sodium sulfite content on the dry density, porosity and compressive strength was also discussed. The results show that sodium sulfite has a relatively significant effect on the physical and mechanical performance. The dry density and compressive strength increases first and then decrease with the water cement ratio, adding of hydrogen peroxide and sodium sulfite increasing and increase with adding of the graphite. The trend of porosity is opposite to the dry density and compressive strength. The optimal scheme for this experiment is water cement ratio 0.68, 5% graphite, 8% hydrogen peroxide and 6% sodium sulfate.