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Article Dans Une Revue Cement and Concrete Research Année : 2019

Optimal cement paste yield stress for the production of stable cement foams

Olivier Pitois
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Production of morphology-controlled cement foams remains challenging, mainly due to bubble stability issues during cement setting. The use of cement paste with high yield stress is expected to promote stability by damping intrinsic bubble kinetics. Here we show however that for given W/C ratio, fresh foam stability can be achieved instead by decreasing the yield stress of the cement paste. Indeed, in this low apparent yield stress regime, van der Waals attraction between cement grains is reduced and grains are allowed to be efficiently packed by bubbles, providing enhanced mechanical properties. This result is obtained for two distinct additives used at controlled concentrations and without resorting to set accelerators, which highlights the general significance of the underlying stability mechanism. It offers a promising solution to produce stable cement foams at high air content.
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hal-03484798 , version 1 (20-12-2021)

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Blandine Feneuil, Nicolas Roussel, Olivier Pitois. Optimal cement paste yield stress for the production of stable cement foams. Cement and Concrete Research, 2019, 120, pp.142 - 151. ⟨10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.03.002⟩. ⟨hal-03484798⟩
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