When the basement floor of a church in the New Edinburgh area of Ottawa heaved, it was discovered that the concrete under the floor had been reduced to a mushy consistency due to attack by sulfate solution formed by the oxidation of pyrite in the underlying shale. Gypsum was the main product in the weathered zone of the shale. It is shown that heaving resulted from the growth of gypsum crystals between the lamellae in the shale. Jarosite, which is formed by a series of oxidation reactions from pyrite, was also found in the weathered shale. Some oxidation reactions occur only in the presence of sulfur bacteria. The cementitious portion of the concrete was leached out by acid, leaving a weak porous material. The importance of safeguarding con...
Pop-outs found in a hematite colored basement floor subjected to wetting and drying action were attr...
Sulfate attack is a deteriorating process for concrete, where the formation of expansive minerals su...
The transformation of sulfides present in the aggregate to sulfates causes internal sulfate attack (...
Heave of a basement floor in a three-storey building in Ottawa was recently investigated. The buildi...
A building founded on Billings Shale has suffered nearly 4 in. (10 cm) of heave to its basement floo...
The Evangelical Hospital located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania has experienced distress in the form of ...
Steel fibre reinforced sprayed concretes used for rock support in tunnels are subjected to variable ...
A microstructural analysis has been made of altered and unaltered black shale from a site where foun...
In the Trois-Rivières area (Québec, Canada), several hundred foundations of private houses, apartmen...
Oxidation of pyrrhotite-bearing aggregates is one of the major causes of concrete damage in numerous...
International audienceThe transformation of sulfides present in the aggregate to sulfates causes int...
The paper describes the heave experienced by two embankments providing access to a bridge located in...
The object of this study was the concrete structures of a chemical enterprise for the production of ...
Concrete core samples extracted from different areas of the Mequinenza Dam (Spain) have been studied...
ro ti o ric expansion leading to cracking ~Cohen and Mather 1991!. Loss ettringite from an aluminate...
Pop-outs found in a hematite colored basement floor subjected to wetting and drying action were attr...
Sulfate attack is a deteriorating process for concrete, where the formation of expansive minerals su...
The transformation of sulfides present in the aggregate to sulfates causes internal sulfate attack (...
Heave of a basement floor in a three-storey building in Ottawa was recently investigated. The buildi...
A building founded on Billings Shale has suffered nearly 4 in. (10 cm) of heave to its basement floo...
The Evangelical Hospital located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania has experienced distress in the form of ...
Steel fibre reinforced sprayed concretes used for rock support in tunnels are subjected to variable ...
A microstructural analysis has been made of altered and unaltered black shale from a site where foun...
In the Trois-Rivières area (Québec, Canada), several hundred foundations of private houses, apartmen...
Oxidation of pyrrhotite-bearing aggregates is one of the major causes of concrete damage in numerous...
International audienceThe transformation of sulfides present in the aggregate to sulfates causes int...
The paper describes the heave experienced by two embankments providing access to a bridge located in...
The object of this study was the concrete structures of a chemical enterprise for the production of ...
Concrete core samples extracted from different areas of the Mequinenza Dam (Spain) have been studied...
ro ti o ric expansion leading to cracking ~Cohen and Mather 1991!. Loss ettringite from an aluminate...
Pop-outs found in a hematite colored basement floor subjected to wetting and drying action were attr...
Sulfate attack is a deteriorating process for concrete, where the formation of expansive minerals su...
The transformation of sulfides present in the aggregate to sulfates causes internal sulfate attack (...