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Cropped Steel Fiber Reinforced Chemically Bonded Ceramic (CBC) Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Sean Wise ,
Kevan Jones ,
Claudio Herzfeld  and
David D. Double
Sean Wise
Affiliation:
CEMCON Corporation, 10123 Senate Drive, Lanham, Maryland 20706, U.S.A.
Kevan Jones
Affiliation:
CEMCON Corporation, 10123 Senate Drive, Lanham, Maryland 20706, U.S.A.
Claudio Herzfeld
Affiliation:
CEMCON Corporation, 10123 Senate Drive, Lanham, Maryland 20706, U.S.A.
David D. Double
Affiliation:
CEMCON Corporation, 10123 Senate Drive, Lanham, Maryland 20706, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Very high strength castable chemically bonded ceramic (CBC) materials have been prepared which consist of finely chopped steel fibers and steel aggregate in a silica modified portland cement matrix. This paper examines the effect of metal fiber addition on compressive and flexural strengths. The overall chemistry of the matrix is held constant but the morphological form of silica used and the cure conditions are altered to examine their effect. Compressive strengths in excess of 500 MPa and flexural strengths in excess of 80 MPa can be obtained.

It is found that flexural strength increases proportionally with fiber content over the range of 0 to 10% by volume. Compressive strengths are not affected. Use of silica fume in the mixes produces higher strengths at low temperatures than mixes which contain only crystalline silica. High temperature curing/drying (400°C), which produces the highest strengths, produces equivalent properties for formulations with and without silica fume. Higher water/cement ratios are found to reduce compressive strengths but have relatively little effect on the flexural properties.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 114: Symposium R – Bonding in Cementitious Composites , 1987 , 197
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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