Research Article
Experimental Investigation on Use of Wheat Straw Ash and Bentonite in Self-Compacting Cementitious System
Table 4
Pore sizes and total porosity of SCP formulations at 1 and 7 days.
| Sample ID |
Avg. pore radius (nm) |
Max. pore radius (nm) | Total porosity (%) |
Porosity (%) (diameter ≤100 nm) |
Porosity (%) (diameter ≥100 nm) | 1 d* | 7 d | 1 d | 7 d | 1 d | 7 d | 1 d | 7 d | 1 d | 7 d |
| CEM | 18.5 | 10.2 | 56728.5 | 57355.7 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 45.4 | 68.2 | 54.6 | 31.8 | C + 10% WSA | 19.4 | 5.7 | 57011.4 | 52945.6 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 43.7 | 84.5 | 56.3 | 15.5 | C + 10% BN (R) | 20.2 | 7.1 | 55572.5 | 56169.2 | 20.1 | 13.5 | 44.3 | 81.3 | 55.7 | 18.7 | C + 10% BN (H) | 19.7 | 6.5 | 55653.4 | 54521.6 | 18.4 | 12.6 | 42.9 | 78.4 | 57.1 | 21.6 |
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“d” denotes number of days.
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