Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Longevity of Borehole and Shaft Sealing Materials: Characterization of Ancient Cement Based Building Materials

  • Published:
MRS Online Proceedings Library Aims and scope

Abstract

Durability and long-term stability of cements in plasters, mortars, and/or concretes utilized as borehole plugging and shaft sealing materials are of present concern in the national effort to isolate nuclear waste within deep geological repositories. The present study consists of an examination of selected ancient building materials and provides insights into the durability of certain ancient structures. These data were combined with knowledge obtained from the behavior of modern portland cements and natural materials to evaluate the potential for longevity of such materials in a borehole environment. Analyses were conducted by petrographic, SEM, chemical, and x-ray diffraction techniques.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. C.A. Langton and D.M. Roy, Longevity of Borehole and Shaft Sealing Materials: Characterization of Cement-Based Ancient Building Materials; Technical Rept, ONWI-202, Distributions Category UC-70; National Technical Information Service, U. S. Department of Commerce (September 1982).

  2. C.A. Langton and D.M. Roy, Characterization of Cement-Based Ancient Building Materials, Topical Report, ONWT-210, Distributors Category UC-70, National Technical Information Service, U. S. Department of Commerce (1983).

  3. H. Woods, Durability of Concrete Construction, ACI Monograph No. 4, American Concrete Institute, Detroit, MI (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  4. P.J. Sereda and G.G. Letvan, ed., Durability of Building Materials and Components, ASTM STP 691, American Society for Testing Materials (1980).

  5. F.M. Lea, The Chemistry and Cement and Concrete (Chemical Publishing Co., New York 1971).

    Google Scholar 

  6. R.A. Malinoski, Concretes and Mortars in Ancient Aqueducts, Concrete International, pp. 66–76 (1979).

  7. O.P. Mchedlov-Petrossian, I.P. Vyrodov, and L.P. Papkova, Written Discussions, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symp. on the Chemistry of Cement, Part 2, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 32–34.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Savannah River Laboratory, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Aiken, South Carolina, 29808, USA

    Christine A. Langton

  2. Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA

    Della M. Roy

Authors
  1. Christine A. Langton
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Della M. Roy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Langton, C.A., Roy, D.M. Longevity of Borehole and Shaft Sealing Materials: Characterization of Ancient Cement Based Building Materials. MRS Online Proceedings Library 26, 543–549 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-26-543

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-26-543

Search

Navigation