Estudo da carbonatação em concretos com agregado graúdo reciclado de concreto e cinza de casca de arroz

Abstract

This research contributes to the study of concrete carbonation using recycled concrete coarse aggregates (RCA) and rice husk ash (RHA). The use of RHA may contribute to reduce the effects of RCA's high porosity on the properties of the concrete. It was used 0,25 and 50% of RCA in replacement of natural aggregate; 0,10 and 20% of RHA as cement replacement; and water/binder 0.42, 0.53 and 0.64. For the accelerated carbonation test it was used a carbonation chamber with continuous feeding gaseous solution at 3% CO2 and controled relative humidity, where the concrete samples remained for 63 days. The results point to a positive effect of the use of RHA in concrete produced with RCA. Concretes with water/binder 0.42, for the most of the concrete tested, resulted in a compressive strength of 40 MPa to 55 MPa, with carbonation coefficient of 1.0mm/day1/2 to 1.5 mm/day1/2, independent of the amount of the RHA. However, concretes with higher water/binder (0.64) showed resistance between 15 MPa and 30 MPa, and for most of these the carbonation coefficient is below 3.0 mm/day1/2 and above 2.0 mm/day1/2.