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DEGRADATION OF ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT BASED CONCRETE IN SULPHURIC ACID

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Aliya Naseer 1* Manzoor Ahmad Tantray
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s1-B.390

Abstract

It is now well acknowledged that, countries with hot climates are not the only places where concrete sewer pipes are susceptible to corrosion from sulfuric acid attack. The seriousness of this problem is only understood when the pipe bursts, causing surface flooding and other negative effects. There aren't many published laboratory models and experimental studies that look at the fundamental factors that control corrosion, though. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the degradation of concrete built using Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) with varying water to cement ratio in sulphuric acid were affected by the exposure conditions (flowing and static) and acid concentration (pH). In all conditions, concrete samples were cast and exposed to sulfuric acid at pH levels of 1 and 2. Compressive strength and mass loss were used to gauge concrete deterioration. After the testing time, it was discovered that the mass loss and compressive strength loss were greater for the flowing condition than for the static condition for all water cement ratio. Additionally, due to the flow of sulphuric acid, the gypsum generated becomes dissolved, making crystallization harder and limiting growth. Moreover, deterioration accelerated when the pH dropped from 2 to 1.

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