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Title: DETERIORATION OF SOME CONCRETE STRUCTURES OF A SULFURIC ACID PLANT
Accession Number: 00213699
Record Type: Component
Abstract: THE PAPER DESCRIBES AN INVESTIGATION OF DETERIORATED CONCRETE STRUCTURES OF A SULFURIC ACID PLANT, INCLUDING SOME ISOLATED CONCRETE STRUCTURES, THE FOUNDATION OF AN ACID SILO, AND A HARBOR QUAY FOR STORAGE OF PYRITES. THIN-SECTION EXAMINATIONS OF SAMPLES OF THE CONCRETE SHOWED THAT THE CEMENT PASTE HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A MICROCYSTALLINE POROUS SUBSTANCE RESEMBLING GYPSUM. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GROUNDWATER, OF THE WATER IN THE HARBOR, AND OF THE WATER IN A DITCH OF THE QUAY REVEALED A HIGH CONTENT OF IRON (+2) IONS. THE ATMOSPHERE SMELLED OF SULFUR DIOXIDE. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE CONCRETE IS PROBABLY DETERIORATED BY THE ATTACK CAUSED BY: (1) SULFUR TRIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINING WITH WATER, (2) SULFURIC ACID WASTE, AND (3) THE LOWERING OF PH IN THE DISINTEGRATION OF PYRITES. LOW-TRICALCIUM ALUMINATE CEMENT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES AT THE PLANT. /AUTHOR/
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410776
Corporate Authors: Highway Research Board (HRB) Washington, DC Authors: Idorn, G MKrogh, HPagination: pp 65-66
Publication Date: 1970
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Materials
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM
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