Carbon fiber reinforced cements (CFRC) were prepared by arranging a small amount of carbon fiber (CF) paper only on one side of specimen. Water-reducing agent was added in the cement paste to make it easily impregnate into CF paper. Fluidity of the cement paste was remarkably advanced by the addition of the water-reducing agent.
CFRC plates (20mm in thickness) were prepared by the following process. A cement mortar layer of 2 mm in thickness was placed on the bottom of the mould first, and then 8 sheets of CF paper previously impregnated with cement paste (0.3in water-cement ratio) were put over it with the thickness of 2-3mm. Finally some more cement mortar (water-cement ratio: 0.4, sand-cement ratio: 1.0) was put over the CF-paper/cement paste layer, and then the whole specimen was placed in water for curing.
The mechanical properties of the prepared CFRC were remarkably improved by the addition of the water-reducing agent.The CFRC (0.7vol% in CF contents) prepared from the cement paste including water-reducing agent, showed 23 MPa in flexural strength and0.4mm in deflection, these values being 1.2 times and 4 times higher than those of CFRC without water-reducing agent, respectively.
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