Research Article

Chloride Ingress in Cement Mortars Exposed to Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Bacteria

Table 1

Chemical properties of test cements.

Wt.% compositionOPC CEM I 42.5NPPC CEM IV 32.5R

SiO220.4533.40
Fe2O33.255.40
Al2O35.6011.58
MgO1.500.96
CaO64.7243.92
SO32.201.92
K2O0.300.40
Na2O0.180.22
LOI1.802.20