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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/11142| Title: | Deteriorated concrete from liner of WIPP waste shaft |
| Authors: | United States. Department of Energy. Sandia National Laboratories Wakeley, Lillian D. Poole, Toy S. Burkes, J. P. |
| Keywords: | Brine Concrete Deterioration Groundwater Magnesium Portland cement concrete Waste Isolation Pilot Plant New Mexico Concrete linings Underground waste disposal Radioactive waste disposal |
| Publisher: | Structures Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; SL-92-14. |
| Description: | Technical Report Abstract: Samples of a fly-ash concrete were studied after 6 years in service underground. The cores studied represented a construction joint and other areas of exposure to local groundwater. Observed evidence of deterioration, relative to companion cores of nondeteriorated concrete, included softening of the paste fraction, discoloration, an extensive network of microfractures cutting through both paste and aggregates, and crystalline deposits along fractures. In laboratory studies, we sought to determine the causes of these features, by studies of phase composition, chemical composition, and microstructure. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed magnesium chloride hydroxide hydrate, gypsum, and brucite in subsamples that should have been cement paste and along fractures. We attribute the condition of the concrete to chemical alteration by interaction with magnesium-bearing groundwater, which occurs naturally in the service environment. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11142 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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| TR-SL-92-14.pdf | 15.76 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |