Centrilit Fume SX

a new generation of slurry !

 What is Silica Fume ?

Î Product by the production of silicon metal and ferrosilicon alloys

Î Reaction
~ 2000 °C Silica Fume
SiO2 + C Si + CO2 100 nm
2 SiO + O2 2 SiO2
Si + O2 SiO2
Î Products
- Silica powder
(uncompacted and densified)
- Silica Slurry BET Surface ~ 20 m2/g

Aggregate Primary Surface Appear-

Type Density Size Particle Area ance
Pyrogenic 2-3 lbs/ft3 Dry
10 µm 10-20 nm 20 - 40 m2/g
Silica (0.04 g/cc) powder
 Silica Fume on the market

Slurry

uncompacted densified
 Reaction of Silica Fume in Concrete

Î The Centrilit and calcium

hydroxide form the C-S-H-
gel through a ”condensation
reaction”
Î This condensation
resembles the ordinary
hydration between calcium
and silicon oxides of the
cement
Î This gel incorporating
colloidal silica is richer in Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate-Gel
silica which enhances the
chemical resistance
 Improvements by Silica Fume

Î Physical properties
„ High early and ultimate strengths
„ Very low permeability
„ Reduced bleeding
„ Increased stability towards segregation
and separation
Increase of early and ultimate strength

70

60

50

40
2
N/mm

30

20

10 28 days

0
1 day
Control Mix
Silica Mix
 Improvements by Silica Fume

Î Chemical properties
„ Very high consumption of free calcium
hydroxide increases the amount
of C-S-H-gel
„ Reduced chloride ingression
„ Increased sulfate resistance
„ Reduced carbonation
 Centrilit Fume SX vs Silica Powder
ƒ Graining of silica powder for
dispersion
ƒ No uniform particle size
ƒ No primary particles exist
ƒ Good dispersion needs higher
mixing times
ƒ Big agglomerates contain
unreacted and porous core
due to passification from
C-S-H-gel
ƒ Particles do not induce any
strength
ƒ Increased risk of ASR
Silca powder
 Centrilit Fume SX vs Silica Powder

M.C.G. Juenger, C.P. Ostertag, Alkali-silica reactivity of large silica

fume-derived particles, Cem. Concr. Res. 34 (2004) 1389-1402
 Centrilit Fume SX vs Silica Powder

Chloride Migration (NT Build 492)

ƒ smaller migration coefficient by lower contents of Silica

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Control Mix Silica Centrilit
Powder Fume SX
(5%) (2.5%)
 Centrilit Fume SX vs Silica Slurry

ƒ Stability over a short time

ƒ Storage tank requires agitation
ƒ Danger of unsteady Compressive strength
56

Compressive strength
54

52

50

48

46

44

42

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 Advantage of Centrilit Fume SX

ƒ Easy to handle everywhere

ƒ Discrete particles
ƒ Uniform particle size and shape
ƒ Uniform dispersion
ƒ Good environmental compatibility
ƒ No health-related problems
(traces of quartz)
ƒ Long term stability
 Advantage of Centrilit Fume SX

ƒ Unique production process

ƒ Control of the particle size
ƒ Possiblity to produce Tailor made
products
 Natural draught cooling tower (Niederaußem - D)

„highest one in the world“

-Use of an acid resistent
concrete
-- Use of a tailor made
Centrilit Fume and a PC
Height 200 meters
Diameter
Bottom: 136 meters
Top: 86 meters
Channels in 55 meters height
Natural draught cooling tower (Niederaußem - D)

"normal"
Beton

neuer SRB
 Natural draught cooling tower (Niederaußem - D)

Calculated by
Fuller & Thomson

Ideal particle distribution

 Commerzbank-Building (Frankfurt – D)

High strength concrete

•rawly 300 m high
•highest building in Germany
•Super Column Structure
 Commerzbank-Building (Frankfurt – D)

Festigkeitsklasse: B 105 120

Sieblinie A/B 16 100

80
w/z: 0.27
60
40

2,4 % MCE 7 % MFS/NFS 20

0
12 h 24 h 2d 7d 28 d
 office- and commercial-building of P&C (Lübeck-D)

Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC)

•Thickness: 0.14 meter •Length : 28 meter
•Height: ~ 6 meter
 office- and commercial-building of P&C (Lübeck-D)
Concrete formulation Concrete properties
Cement 350 kg/m3 Flow 750-820 mm
Fly ash 150 kg/m3 Flow with g-ring 720-800 mm
Sand 0/2 798 kg/m3 Flow time (t500)
Aggregate 2/8 508 kg/m3 Without g-ring 3-5 sec
Aggregate 8/16 373 kg/m3 With g-ring 4-7 sec
w/c 0.48 Sedimantation (%)
Water 174 kg/m3 Top -2 to +3
Muraplast FK 63.30 3.96 kg/m3 Middle -1 to -0.5
Centrament Stabi 510 1.00 kg/m3 Bottom +7 to +10
office- and commercial-building of P&C (Lübeck-D)
Taiwan Highspeed Railway Corporation - THSRC

Total length 326 km

Total concrete 13 mio. m3

Viaduct 244 km
Embankment 32 km
Tunnel 50 km
Taiwan Highspeed Railway Corporation - THSRC

Used concrete 7.6 mio. m3

Taiwan Highspeed Railway Corporation - THSRC
Taiwan Highspeed Railway Corporation - THSRC
Taiwan Highspeed Railway Corporation - THSRC