Abstract
The influence of calcium chloride (CaCl2) as an accelerator for the compressive strength development of concrete made with type I Portland pozzolan cement (PPC) as a hydraulic binder has been investigated. Natural sand and crushed stone were used as fine aggregate and coarse aggregate, respectively. The mix proportion of concrete, by weight, was 1.0 binder: 2.1 fine aggregate: 3.4 coarse aggregate and the water-binder ratio was 0.57. The calcium chloride added to the concrete mixture was 0%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0% by binder weight. The compressive strength test was performed at 1, 3, 7, 28, and 90 days. The test results show that adding CaCl2 to a concrete mixture accelerates the development of compressive strength. The compressive strength gain was about 36–48% at 1 day and about 29–33% at 3 days, compared to control concrete. Moreover, it increases the compressive strength of PPC concrete about 3–16% at 28 days and about 7–19% at 90 days. The optimum dose of CaCl2 to accelerate the development of compressive strength at the early age and to produce the highest compressive strength in the long-term was about 1.5%.
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