Prevention of biogenic destruction by adding chitosan into the composition of cement
Pages 95 - 100
The objective of this research is to study the fungicidal properties of the cement composition
modified by chitosan (deacetylation rate - 95%, molecular weight - 200 kDm (MM 2,7x105)). The
optimal concentration of chitosan is identified so that its infusion into the cement paste did not deteriorate
the physical and mechanical characteristics, structure and composition of the latter. The
authors have identified that the infusion of 1% chitosan (in relation to the cement mass) into the
cement composition is optimal. It has resulted in (1) the slight improvement of the strength properties
of modified samples, (2) the reduction of dimensions of the porous space alongside with the
increase in the number of gel pores (20%), (3) the reduction of the number of capillary pores (5%).
The other subject of this research represents interaction of 1% (and lower concentrations of)
chitosan with calcium hydroxide. No interaction between 2% chitosan and calcium hydroxide is
identified. The conclusion is that the infusion of 1% chitosan into the cement composition provides
it with fungicidal and fungistatic properties, while the strength characteristic of the cement paste is
slightly improved.
DOI: 10.22227/1997-0935.2012.9.95 - 100
- Erofeev V.T., Smirnov V.F., Morozov A.E. Mikrobiologicheskoe razrushenie materialov [Microbiological Destruction of Materials]. Moscow, ASV Publ., 2008, p. 97.
- Rejane C. Go, Douglas de Britto, Odilio B. G. Assis. A review of the antimicrobial activity of chitosan // Pol?meros. 2009. vol. 19. no. 3. p. 5—12.
- Vol’fkovich Yu.M., Bagotskiy V.S., Sosenkin V.E., Shkol’nikov E.I. Metody etalonnoy porometrii i vozmozhnye oblasti ikh primeneniya v elektrokhimii [Methods of Benchmark Porometry and Potential Areas of Their Application in Electrochemistry]. Elektrokhimiya [Electrochemistry]. 1980, no. 11, vol. 16, pp. 162—165.
- Chervinets V.M., Bondarenko V.M., Albulov A.I., Komarov B.A. Antimikrobnaya aktivnost’ khitozana s raznoy molekulyarnoy massoy [Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan That Has Different Values of Molecular Weight]. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on New Advancements in the Study of Chitin and Chitosan. 2001, pp. 252—254.
- Darchiya V.I. Vliyanie khitozana na antistaticheskie svoystva tsementnoy kompozitsii [Influence of Chitozan on Antistatic Properties of the Cement Composition]. Vestnik MGSU [Proceedings of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering]. 2012, no. 3, pp. 109—112.
- Skryabin K.P, Vikhoreva G.A., Varlamov V.P. Khitin i khitozan: Poluchenie, svoystva i primenenie [Chitin and Chitosan: Preparation, Properties and Application]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2002, p. 192.