Magnesium Phosphate Cements/GNPs Composites by Combustion Synthesis and Acid-Base Reaction
Abstract
Magnesium phosphate cements (MPC)/graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) composites were fabricated by combustion synthesis and acid-base reaction. MgO/GNPs mixture powders were obtained by the combustion reaction between Mg powders and CO2 gas. The composites were prepared by mixing MgO/GNPs mixture powders with potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) using borax as retarder. The effect of GNPs content on mechanical and functional properties of the prepared MPC/GNPs composites was investigated. The results show that this MPC/GNPs cements mainly consisted of MgO and KMgPO4•6H2O. Moreover, the crystallinity of KMgPO4•6H2O in lower surface is better than the upper surface due to the difference of temperature. With incorporating small amounts of GNPs into MPC, the spectral absorptivity of the composite was improved to 0.95 in most spectral regions. Nevertheless, the compression strength shows little change with changing the GNPs content, which may be attributed to use coarse MgO powder as reactant. In virtue of short processing time and homogeneous distribution of GNPs, the novel fabrication provides a new route for preparing GNPs-cement based composites.
- Publication:
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Materials Science and Engineering Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1757-899X/678/1/012104
- Bibcode:
- 2019MS&E..678a2104L