Publication detail

The influence of lithium silicate impregnation on the properties of surface layer of cementitious composites

JANSOVÁ, K. FLÁDR, J. BÍLÝ, P. KALINA, L.

Original Title

The influence of lithium silicate impregnation on the properties of surface layer of cementitious composites

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The degradation processes in surface layers of cementitious composites can be mitigated either by optimizing of the material or by applying surface protection. In this paper, the effect of lithium silicate (LS) sealer is investigated. Water absorbance is studied on standard cement mortar; frost resistance and porosity are examined on two types of concrete (C30/37 and C50/60). The results indicate that LS impregnation improves the water absorbance only slightly and only in the case of short exposure to water; water absorbance was reduced by 15-25% immediately after applying the LS sealer, but the effect was negligible (2-8%) after 24 hours of immersion in water. Frost resistance was not affected by LS impregnation, but a significant improvement of mechanical parameters (flexural tensile strength and weight loss after 50 freeze-thaw cycles) was observed. The resistivity of the concrete surface was increased by LS impregnation by 36-40%, indicating the improvement of quality of the surface layer, while the porosity was practically unaffected

Keywords

Absorbance; Concretes; Frost resistance; Impregnation; Lithium compounds; Silicates; Tensile strength

Authors

JANSOVÁ, K.; FLÁDR, J.; BÍLÝ, P.; KALINA, L.

Released

23. 5. 2023

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Location

Telč

ISBN

1742-6588

Periodical

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Year of study

2568

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

8

Pages count

8

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2568/1/012004

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/244946

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT184569,
  author="Klára {Jansová} and Josef {Fládr} and Petr {Bílý} and Lukáš {Kalina}",
  title="The influence of lithium silicate impregnation on the properties of surface layer of cementitious composites",
  booktitle="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
  year="2023",
  journal="Journal of Physics: Conference Series",
  volume="2568",
  number="1",
  pages="1--8",
  publisher="IOP Publishing",
  address="Telč",
  doi="10.1088/1742-6596/2568/1/012004",
  issn="1742-6588",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2568/1/012004"
}