Influence of Silica Fume on the Reflectivity and Transmission Efficiency of Cement-Based Materials

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ABSTRACT

As a kind of mineral admixture, silica fume has low permittivity, which will affect the electromagnetic properties of cement-based materials. To study the effect of silica fume on the properties of cement-based materials, the reflectivity, transmission efficiency and pore structure were analyzed by using the vector network analyzer and mercury injection apparatus. Results show that silica fume can make the mortar more compact and the porosity of sample with 9% silica fume is only 17.8%, which is far lower than the control sample; With the increase of the silica fume content, the peak of reflectivity curve increases from -23.2 dB to -16.0 dB, and then decreases from -16.04 dB to -28.7 dB in the frequency range of 6 – 18 GHz. Reflectivity of sample with 3% content of silica fume is lower than other samples within 26.5 - 40 GHz; Transmission efficiency of samples shows the trend of increase with silica fume content increases from 0% to 6% within 8.2 - 12.4 GHz, 12 - 18 GHz and 26.5 - 40 GHz, but when the content increases from 6% to 9%, the transmission efficiency of samples reduces.

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Zhang, X. , Zhang, G. , Zhang, Y. and Zhou, Z. (2014) Influence of Silica Fume on the Reflectivity and Transmission Efficiency of Cement-Based Materials. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 2, 843-847. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2014.29094.

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