Durability Study of Silica Fume-mortar exposed to the Combined Sulfate and Chloride-rich Solution

The present article investigates the mechanism behind the sulfate attack of the Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and the Silica Fume (SF) based mortar exposed to the combined sulfate and chloride-rich solution. In this study, the control mortar sample was fabricated using OPC. Additionally, the silica fume based mortar composites were fabricated using SF replacing the 5, 10, and 15% of OPC. The 28 days cured control and silica fume based mortar...