Research Article

Sodium Metasilicate Cemented Analogue Material and Its Mechanical Properties

Table 12

Raw material configurations and the measured mechanical indices of analogue materials.

Material IDRaw material configuration⁢Measured mechanical index
(the proportion of fine powder to aggregates) (the proportion of barite sand to coarse aggregate) (the mass ratio of anhydrous sodium silicate to aggregate)Density
(g/cm3)
Young’s modulus
(GPa)
Compressive strength (MPa)Tensile strength
(MPa)

1# analogue material30%50%3%2.8550.2866.0581.469
2# analogue material65%00%3%2.1810.0350.3150.180

Note: the mass ratio of sodium fluorosilicate to anhydrous sodium silicate was 3 : 4 (this was the optimal value).