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The Interface Between Zinc Phosphate-Deposited Steel Fibers and Cement Paste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Toshifumi Sugama  and
Gwen Gray
Toshifumi Sugama
Affiliation:
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Dept. of Applied Science, Upton, New York 11973, U.S.A.
Gwen Gray
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

In an attempt to protect steel fiber reinforcements from corrosion and improve the adherence of cement pastes to steel fiber reinforcement, we deposited a zinc phosphate (Zn-Ph) conversion coating on the surface of the fibers. At the interfacial contact zones between the cement paste and Zn.Ph, the alkali-induced dissolution caused the dissociation of abundant PO43- ions from the Zn-Ph. The interaction of PO43- ions with Ca2+ ions from the pastes led to the formation of hydroxyapatite and brushite in the vicinity of the dissolved Zn.Ph surface. Such intermediate Ca-phosphate compounds played important roles 1) in improving the cement-fiber interfacial bonds, and 2) in repairing the damage of the Zn.Ph surface dissolved by alkali. These processes protected the steel fiber from corrosion.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 211: Symposium O – Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials , 1990 , 203
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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