Alternating current method to determine chloride diffusion coefficient of hardened paste and concrete

作者:Xiao, Lianzhen*; Wei, Xiaosheng; Wang, Shengnian
来源:Magazine of Concrete Research, 2015, 67(1): 27-32.
DOI:10.1680/macr.14.00130

摘要

A slice sample is cut and saturated with 10% concentration sodium chloride solution. The saturated slice sample and 10% concentration sodium chloride solution are then connected in a continuous ring mould as a secondary coil in a non-contact electrical resistivity apparatus. The chloride diffusion coefficient D-Cl of hardened paste and concrete is calculated from the measured electrical resistivity of the slice sample based on the Nernst-Einstein equation. There is a bilinear relationship between the chloride diffusion coefficient and the reciprocal of time logarithm for different hydration periods of the samples. The slope is higher before 72 h than after 72 h. Parameter K-D is obtained to describe connectivity for migration of ions. There is a good linear correlation of the chloride diffusion coefficient between concrete with an aggregate volume fraction 65% and paste with the same water-cement ratio, showing that the chloride diffusion coefficient of a concrete is a function of the chloride diffusion coefficient of a paste with the same water-cement ratio and the paste matrix volume fraction (1 - V-a) inside the concrete.