Experimental Investigation of Behaviour of

Nano Concrete
Presented by:
1 . Shubham Bafana G067
2 . Akash Chopda G068
3 . Dishank Patil G070
4 . Aditya Zambre G072

Guide:Prof.Ananya Dey
 Objective
1. Synthesis of Nano particle

2. Characteristics of Nano Particle

3. Preparation of Nano particle

4. Test conducted on Nano particle

 Nano Particle
Nanoparticles are particles between 1 and
100 nanometres (nm) in size

Ultrafine particles are the same as

nanonoparticles and between 1 and 100 nm in
size

Fine particles are sized between 100 and 2,500

nm

Coarse particles cover a range between 2,500

and 10,000 nm.

Ex: Titanium dioxide (Tio2) & Silicon

dioxide (Sio2)
 Nano Concrete

A concrete made with Portland cement particles that are less

than 500nm as a cementing agent.
Currently cement particle sizes range from a few nano-meters to
a maximum of about100 micro meters.
Improves the materials bulk properties.
Ability to control or manipulate materials at the atomic scale.
NANOSCALE ATTACK ON ASR (ALKALI SILICATE REACTION)
To obtain thinner final products and faster setting time.
lowered levels of environmental contamination.
Comparison between Normal & Nano concrete
Normal concrete
Compared to other
binding materials,the
Tensile strength of
concrete is relatively
low.
Concrete is less ductile.
The weight of compared
is high compared to its
strength.
Concrete may contains
soluble salts. Soluble salts
cause efflorescence
Nano concrete
Cessation of
contamination caused
by micro silica solid
particles.
Lower cost per building
site.
Concrete with high initial
and final compressive
and tensile strengths.
Concrete with good
workability.
Cessation of super
plasticizing utilization.
 Procedure for preparation of
Nano particles
1. Titanium dioxide (TiO2)
2. Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Steps for preparing Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

1. Take 100ml Distilled water.

2. Titanium Tetra Chloride (TICL4) solution kept in Refrigerator to cooling @-5C

3. Add 25ml TICL4 solution in Ice cool bath

4. Solution released Exothermic Temperature

5. The beaker was taken from Ice cool to room temperature by using magnetic
stirring @ 500 RPM

6. Then Bath temp was raise to Room temp and was kept at 100 C.

Then the solution was converted into Thick like Juice .

cont..
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7. The solution was kept in Nabertherm Furnace to give heat

treatment @ 300C
a. 400 C - 600 C for 3 hours

b.Step to eliminate Contaminants.

8. Finally Tio2 Nano particles are formed like Bobul Egg shaped.

9. Using Ball Milling process ,speed kept @ 500 RPM for 5 hours.
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Steps for preparing Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
1. TEOS was added to acetic acid, CH3COOH with distilled water as the solvent.
2. The aging time in the experiments was set to 2, 4 and 6 hours. The resulting
colloidal sol then was centrifuged and washed with ethanol and then it was
centrifuged again.
3. Then, the resulting precipitate was dried at 60 C for 1 day.
4. The second parameter, the calcination temperature was varied between 600 C and
700 C at a holding time of 1 hour and 30 minutes in order to produce white silica
nano powder.
Table :Reagents compositions
Reagent Amount Number of moles

1. TEOS 18 ml 0.086
2. Distilled water 6.4 ml 0.360
3. Acetic acid 36 ml 0.600
4. Ethanol 20 ml -
 Characteristics
1. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
1. Scanning Electron Microscopy was employed to determine the surface morphology and shape of the
silica particles.
2. The characterization was carried out at an operating voltage of 30 kV and a magnification of 5000X.
3. The sample for SEM analysis is prepared by dropping, a known amount of silica suspension on to a
glass plate and allowed to dry at room temperature (25C).

2.Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

1. FTIR spectroscopy was used to find the functional groups present in the synthesized nanoparticles.
2. The bonding between the atoms and the presence of functional group on the surface of the particles
are analyzed using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

3.Dynamic Light Scattering

1. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is method to measure the size of Nano particles by estimating the
diffusion of the particles in suspension form.
2. The Brownian motion of particles or molecules in suspension causes laser light to be scattered at
different intensities
 Various Tests for Nano Concrete
1. Compressive test

2. Slump Cone test

3. Water Absorption test

Compressive test

Slump cone test

Water Absorption test

 Literature Survey
Year Authors Paper Nano Change in Characteristics
particle of Nano Concrete
Used
2015 S.Soundarya A Review on SiO2 SiO2 increases the density, porosity ,
Saveetha Sowmya.M Advancements TiO2 and improves the bond between
University, Sujithra.E in Concrete Al2O3 cement matrix and aggregates with
Chennai. Deepak.A Using higher compressive and flexural
Nanomaterials. strength.

2015 H.N. Azlina Synthesis of SiO2 Increase in Concrete workability and

Islamic University H. Norita SiO2 strength, also increase resistance to
of Malaysia. S.N Surip Nanostructures water penetration, and to assist
using Sol-Gel control the leaching of calcium,
method. which is closely related to various
kinds of concrete degradation.
2016 S Sanju, Performance Al2O3 Also with addition of 1% of
B.S Abdur S Sharadha, on Study of SiO2 nanoAl2O3
Rahman J Revathy. Nano Materials Fe2O3 ,1% nano Fe2O3 and 1.5% nano
University, for the SiO2
Chennai. Development there was noticeable improvement
of Sustainable in strength properties of concrete
Concrete with that of control and thus 1% and
1.5 % will be their optimum level for
nano Al2O3, nano Fe2O3and nano
SiO2 respectively. But for durability
properties 1.5% addition is found to
the optimum level for all the nano
particles.
 Year Authors Paper Nano Change in
particle Characteristics of
Used Nano Concrete
2016 R. Sakthivel Experimental SiO2 The compressive strength of
Karpagam Dr.N.Balasundaram investigation on concrete initially increased up
University, behaviour of nano to 3% of Nano-Silica and with
Coimbatore. concrete. further increase in the Nano-
Silica content the compressive
strength decreses.

2010 A. Maghsoudi, Effect of the Nano SiO2 The addition of nano-silica in

Kerman M. J. Soheil , Particles in the New the mix causes the decreasing
University, Iran. A. Darbhenz. Generation of of the swelling value and
Concretes in SCC increasing the compressive
(Self Consolidating strength.
Concrete). SCC containing nano-silica
and micro-silica reduces the
swelling amount by 31 and
48% as concrete age is
increased.
2016 L. RanjithKumar , Durability Study Of SiO2 According to the test results, it
Panimalar Engg. Q. Roger , Concrete Using can be conclude that concrete
College, India. P. Santhosh , Nano-Silica. can increase durability by
K.Gowtham, partial replacement 2.5% of
E.D. Jothi Rajan. cement by nano-silica and
addition of admixture (plaster
of Paris).
 Year Authors Paper Nano Change in Characteristics
particle of Nano Concrete
Used

2014 V. R. Rathi , An overview on SiO2 The pore-structure of Nano particles

Sardar Vallabhbhai Dr. C the influence of TiO2 is refined, more uniform and
National Institute of Modhera nano materials compact compared to normal
Technology, on properties of concrete also pore structure of Nano
Surat, Gujarat. concrete TiO2 particles is more finer than
Nano SiO2 particles when added in
concrete with same percentage.
Nano SiO2 has large specific
surface area so it is more sticker
and has good water penetration
resistance as compared to normal
concrete.
2013 Ismael flores- The use of nano SiO2 Nanoparticles, such as silicon
University of vivian, particles to dioxide, were found to be a very
Wisconsin, RaniPradotom improve the effective additive to polymers and
Milwaukee, USA. , performance of concrete, a development recently
Mohamadreza concrete realized in high-performance and
Moini , self-compacting concrete with
Konstantin improved workability and strength.
Sobolev. Nano-binders and nano-engineered
cement with nano-sized
cementitious component or other
nano-sized particles are the next
ground-breaking development.
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