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Self-Healing Concrete by Biological Substrate.
Chen, How-Ji; Peng, Ching-Fang; Tang, Chao-Wei; Chen, Yi-Tien.
Afiliação
  • Chen HJ; Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
  • Peng CF; Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
  • Tang CW; Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics, Cheng Shiu University, No. 840, Chengching Rd., Niaosong District, Kaohsiung 83347, Taiwan.
  • Chen YT; Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging-Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, No. 840, Chengching Rd., Niaosong District, Kaohsiung 83347, Taiwan.
Materials (Basel) ; 12(24)2019 Dec 08.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31817964
At present, the commonly used repair materials for concrete cracks mainly include epoxy systems and acrylic resins, which are all environmentally unfriendly materials, and the difference in drying shrinkage and thermal expansion often causes delamination or cracking between the original concrete matrix and the repair material. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of using microbial techniques to repair concrete cracks. The bacteria used were environmentally friendly Bacillus pasteurii. In particular, the use of lightweight aggregates as bacterial carriers in concrete can increase the chance of bacterial survival. Once the external environment meets the growth conditions of the bacteria, the vitality of the strain can be restored. Such a system can greatly improve the feasibility and success rate of bacterial mineralization in concrete. The test project included the microscopic testing of concrete crack repair, mainly to understand the crack repair effect of lightweight aggregate concrete with implanted bacterial strains, and an XRD test to confirm that the repair material was produced by the bacteria. The results show that the implanted bacterial strains can undergo Microbiologically Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) and can effectively fill the cracks caused by external concrete forces by calcium carbonate deposition. According to the results on the crack profile and crack thickness, the calcium carbonate precipitate produced by the action of Bacillus pasteurii is formed by the interface between the aggregate and the cement paste, and it spreads over the entire fracture surface and then accumulates to a certain thickness to form a crack repairing effect. The analysis results of the XRD test also clearly confirm that the white crystal formed in the concrete crack is calcium carbonate. From the above test results, it is indeed feasible to use Bacillus pasteurii in the self-healing of concrete cracks.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Materials (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Taiwan País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Materials (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Taiwan País de publicação: Suíça