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Carbonized nano/microparticles for enhanced mechanical properties and electromagnetic interference shielding of cementitious materials

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In the present work, carbon nano/microparticles obtained by controlled pyrolysis of peanut (PS) and hazelnut (HS) shells are presented. These materials were characterized by Raman spectroscopy and field emissionscanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). When added to cement paste, up to 1 wt%, these materials led to an increase of the cement matrix flexural strength and of toughness. Moreover, with respect to plain cement, the total increase in electromagnetic radiation shielding effect when adding 0.5 wt% of PS or HS in cement composites is much higher in comparison to the ones reported in the literature for CNTs used in the same content.

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  1. Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Sajjad Ahmad, Luciana Restuccia, Consuelo Spoto & Giuseppe Andrea Ferro

  2. Nust Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Rao Arsalan Khushnood

  3. Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), 10250, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

    Sajjad Ahmad

  4. Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Pravin Jagdale & Jean-Marc Tulliani

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Khushnood, R.A., Ahmad, S., Restuccia, L. et al. Carbonized nano/microparticles for enhanced mechanical properties and electromagnetic interference shielding of cementitious materials. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 10, 209–213 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-016-0330-5

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