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Mechanical and fracture properties of sugar beetroot-based nanosheets (SNS) doped cementitious composites

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Article number133926
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>15/12/2023
<mark>Journal</mark>Construction and Building Materials
Volume409
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date27/10/23
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper examines the mechanical and fracture properties of cementitious composites doped with a new type of 2D bio-nanoplatelets sheets, synthesized from sugar beet pulp waste. The sugar beetroot nanosheets (SNS) were added to the cement pastes at different concentrations. The influence of SNS treatment and water-to-cement (w/c) ratio on the performance of the cementitious composites was elucidated. The experimental results showed that 0.2- wt% and 0.35 were the optimal SNS concentration and w/c ratio for increasing the compressive, splitting tensile and flexural strength, flexural modulus, fracture energy and fracture toughness. These properties were enhanced by as much as 12.15%, 36.87%, 39.91%, 32.69%, 69.01% and 49.06%, respectively. This enhancement was due to crack deflection and crack bridging mechanisms in the cementitious composites as a result of the high specific surface area of SNS and the strong chemical and physical bonding of SNS with the hydration phases. The SNS materials offers strong advantages over graphene-based materials on improving the engineering properties of cementitious materials and reducing their cost and CO2 emissions.