Research Article
Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Properties of Self-Compacting Mortar Containing Nanomaterials and Zircon Sand
Table 1
Chemical composition and physical properties.
| | Oxide | Cement | Zircon sand | River sand |
| | SiO2 | 21.56 | 21.20 | 96.18 | | Al2O3 | 6.67 | 6.911 | 2.76 | | Fe2O3 | 6.17 | 3.155 | 0.06 | | CaO | 49.88 | — | — | | MgO | 4.51 | — | — | | SO3 | 2.75 | — | — | | K2O | 0.76 | — | — | | Na2O | 0.43 | — | — | | V2O5 | — | 0.384 | — | | Cr2O3 | — | 0.465 | — | | ZrO2 | — | 67.685 | — | | Cl | — | <0.005 | — | | LOI | 2.79 | <0.01 | 0.67 | | Water absorption (%) | — | 0.69 | 0.75 | | Water content (%) | — | 0.07 | 0.09 | | Density (kg/m3) | 3150 | 2790 | 1570 | | Coefficient of thermal expansion (10−6/°C) | — | 7.20 | 11.75 |
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