Author(s)

Sena Peace Hounkpe¹, Valéry K. Doko², Smith O. Kotchoni³, Hui Li³, Abbas T. Datchossa^2*

¹Laboratory of Water Technical Sciences, UAC, Cotonou, Benin.
²Laboratory of Applied Energetics and Mechanics (LAEM), EPAC, UAC, Cotonou, Benin.
³Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

The research of materials with good properties is one of the important concerns of scientists groups, and more again in region where materials are subjected to freeze and thaw cycles. In the case of this paper, it has been a matter of evaluating of the effect of carbon nanotubes on concrete resistance to freeze and thaw cycles. Thus, it has been manufactured concretes with different rates of addition (0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1% bwc) of cement by carbon nanotubes. The durability factor, determined for C30 specimens at 28 days, shows that C005 provides a better resistance to freezing-thawing cycles with a 54.96 as index.

Silicates, Flexural Strength, Compressive Strength, Cement, Carbon Nanotubes, Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Hounkpe, S. , Doko, V. , Kotchoni, S. , Li, H. and Datchossa, A. (2021) Carbon Nanotubes and Resistance to Freeze-Thaw Cycles. Materials Sciences and Applications, 12, 239-254. doi: 10.4236/msa.2021.125016.