Effect of magnesium chloride (MgCl2) on ordinary Portland cement concrete

V  Venkateswara Reddy; N  V  Ramana; K  Gnaneswar  and C  Sashidhar

doi:10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i6.2

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Effect of magnesium chloride (MgCl2) on ordinary Portland cement concrete

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i6.2

Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 6, Pages: 643-645

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Effect of magnesium chloride (MgCl2) on ordinary Portland cement concrete

V. Venkateswara Reddy¹ , N. V. Ramana² , K. Gnaneswar³ and C. Sashidhar^2*

¹ JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500085, India,
² JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh–515002, India,
³ Irrigation and CAD Department, TBP HLC Circle, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh-515004, India.
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Abstract

This paper reports the effect of Magnesium chloride (MgCl₂) on Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) concrete. The OPC concrete was produced with MgCl₂ dosage of 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 g/lit and deionised water was used in concrete mix (M20 & M50). In addition to this, control specimens were prepared with deionised water (without MgCl₂) for comparison. The compressive and tensile strengths were evaluated for 28 and 90 days. The results show that, as the MgCl₂ concentration increases, the compression and tensile strengths decrease. The X-ray diffraction analysis for concrete has been carried out at 1.5 g/lit concentration.

Keywords: Portland cement, concrete