Effect of Incorporating Nanoporous Metal Phosphate Materials on the Compressive Strength of Portland Cement.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Research Letters in Materials Science Volume 2008, Article ID 238736, 4 pages doi:10.1155/2008/238736 Research Letter Effect of Incorporating Nanoporous Metal Phosphate Materials on the Compressive Strength of Portland Cement Dawn M. Wellman, Kent E. Parker, Shas V. Mattigod, and Glen E. Fryxell The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, K3-62 Richland, WA 99352, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Dawn M. Wellman, dawn.wellman@ Received 12 December 2007; Accepted 27 February 2008 Recommended by Steven Suib Nanoporous metal phosphate (NP-MPO) materials are being developed for removal of contaminant oxyanions (As(OH)O32−, CrO4 2−, and TcO4 − ), and cations (mercury, cadmium, and lead) from water and waste streams. Following sequestration, incor- poration of metal laden NP-MPOs as a portion of cement formulation would provide an efficient and low-cost way to immobilize metal laden NP-MPOs in an easily handled waste form suitable for permanent disposal. There are no known investigations regard- ing the incorporation of NP-MPOs in concrete and the effects imparted on the physical and mechanical properties of concrete. Results of this investigation demonstrated that incorporating of NP-MPO materials requires additional water in the concrete for- mulation which decreases the compressive strength. Thus, incorporation of NP-MPOs in concrete may not serve as an efficient means for long-term disposal. Copyright © 2008 Dawn M. Wellman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. INTRODUCTION Concrete