Effect of Dispersion Method for Nano-Materials on Some Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar

Abstract

This study was involving the dispersion method of nano-materials replacement and the interaction with cement mortar behavior for many mortar samples under variable curing time ,with constant water to cement ratio (W/C=0.45) .Some mechanical properties such as (compressive, flexural strength and hardness tests) was studied. The main parameters are depending on the small amount replacement ratio of nano-particle (ZrO₂) with respect to the mass of the cement (OPC) type (I). The addition of nano-material by replacement on the mixture of mortar includes (1, 2, 3,4and 5%) with constant W/C ratio and also the amount of the fine aggregate use is 2.75 from the amount of cement. The results show that, the strength of the mortar  that consist from colloidal nano materials give better properties than from both mortar with dry nano-materials replacement and without nano-materials in all test, But the nano-Zirconia materials give good properties up to 2% in all  tests compared with control cement mortar.