IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM
Khalafalla, M., Hodhod, O., Adam, I. (2015). IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM. EKB Journal Management System, 43(No 5), 663-681. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115213
Mohamed S. Khalafalla; Osama A. Hodhod; Ihab A. Adam. "IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM". EKB Journal Management System, 43, No 5, 2015, 663-681. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115213
Khalafalla, M., Hodhod, O., Adam, I. (2015). 'IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM', EKB Journal Management System, 43(No 5), pp. 663-681. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115213
Khalafalla, M., Hodhod, O., Adam, I. IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 43(No 5): 663-681. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115213

IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR BY NANO TITANIUM

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences
Article 2, Volume 43, No 5, September and October 2015, Page 663-681  XML PDF (714.67 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115213
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Authors
Mohamed S. Khalafallaorcid 1; Osama A. Hodhod2; Ihab A. Adam1
1Construction Research Institute, NWRC
2Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Abstract
Cement Mortar is the primary component of cementitious composites. Therefore, it has almost
importance for concrete structures. Cement mortar rendering is usually used as a protective layer for
most structural elements. The properties of cement mortar incorporating nano titanium were
experimentally studied. Nano titanium is a very fine material, which plays a vital role in filling the
pores between crystals. This property can lead to better mechanical and physical properties of
cement mortar. The experimental results show that compressive and flexural strength gain of
cement mortar improves until the added nano titanium reaches 1% of cement weight by 27% and 6
% respectively. Furthermore, porosity of cement mortar incorporating 1% nano titanium climbs to
improvement level of 30% over plain samples. In addition, the results show an increase in the
specimen’s density by 5%, over control samples.
Keywords
Mortar; Nanotechnology; Nano-TiO2; Compressive strength; Flexure strength; Microstructure; Durability, Porosity, ITZ
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