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Investigation and Optimisation of the Rheological Properties of Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cement with Response Surface Methodology

Yue, Yanfei; Ren, Jun; Yang, Kai; Wang, Danqian; Qian, Jueshi; Bai, Yun; (2022) Investigation and Optimisation of the Rheological Properties of Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cement with Response Surface Methodology. Materials , 15 (19) , Article 6815. 10.3390/ma15196815. Green open access

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Abstract

Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) is a promising alternative cement. However, the rheological property of this new binder is still to be explored. In this study, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was adopted with Central Composite Design (CCD) to establish mathematical models describing the rheological characteristics of MPC in terms of initial mini slump (Y1), mini-slump loss (Y2), yield stress (Y3) and plastic viscosity (Y4), as a function of three independent variables, namely, water-to-solid ratio (W/S ratio, X1), MgO to MKP ratio (M/P ratio, X2) and borax dosage (X3). The results show that the M/P ratio and borax dosage could significantly affect the yield stress and mini-slump loss of MPC, while the W/S ratio was the significant coefficient influencing plastic viscosity and initial mini slump. The numerical optimised values of X1, X2 and X3 were 0.280, 7.528 and 0.170, respectively, and an MPC paste with desirable rheological characteristics (Y1 161.858 mm, Y2 11.282, Y3 0.680 Pa, Y4 0.263 Pa·s) with the highest desirability of 0.867 can be obtained.

Type: Article
Title: Investigation and Optimisation of the Rheological Properties of Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cement with Response Surface Methodology
Location: Switzerland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/ma15196815
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196815
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 by the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: magnesium potassium phosphate cement; mini slump; plastic viscosity; response surface methodology; rheological properties; yield stress
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161425
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