THE EFFECT OF DEICING SALT ON AGGREGATE DURABILITY

Since 1962, the Iowa DOT has been using the methods of rapid freezing in air and thawing in water to evaluate coarse aggregate durability in concrete. Earlier research had shown that the aggregate pore system was a major factor in susceptibility to D-cracking rapid deterioration. There are cases in which service records indicate that on heavily salted primary roads, concrete containing certain aggregates show rapid deterioration while the same aggregates show relatively good performance on secondary roads with limited use of deicing salt. A fivecycle salt treatment of the coarse aggregate before durability testing has yielded durability factors that correlate with aggregate service records on heavily salted primary pavements. X-ray fluorescence analyses have shown that sulfur contents correlate well with aggregate durabilities with higher sulfur contents that produce poor durability. Trial additives affecting the salt treatment durabilities would indicate that one factor in the rapid deterioration mechanism is an adverse chemical reaction. The objective of the current research is to develop a simple method of determining aggregate susceptibility to salt-related deterioration. This method of evaluation includes analyses of both the pore system and chemical composition.

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• Authors:
  • Dubberke, Wendell
  • Marks, Vernon J
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 27-34
• Monograph Title: Geotechnical engineering research
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1031
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical reactions; Coarse aggregates; Correlation analysis; D cracking; Deicing chemicals; Durability; Sulfur; X ray fluorescence
• Uncontrolled Terms: Susceptibility
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I36: Aggregates;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455837
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039223
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM