UDC 621.762; 691.002(032)

T. S. M. Al-Saud1), M. A. A. Bin Hussain1), 
E. I. Batyanovskii2), S. A. Zhdanok2), 
A. V. Krauklis2), and P. P. Samtsou2)

INFLUENCE OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
ON THE PROPERTIES OF CEMENT AND CONCRETE

Results of investigations of the influence of an addition of carbon 
nanomaterials to a cement paste on its properties, the morphological 
characteristics of the cement-hydration products, and the structure 
and strength of the concrete obtained on the basis of this paste are 
presented.

Keywords: cement, cement paste, concrete, hydrolysis, 
hydration, crystallohydrates.

1)King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 
P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia; e-mail: bnhusain@kacst.edu.sa; 
2)U.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy 
of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P, Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. 
Original article submitted November 22, 2010.