Cementitious mortar composition and methods of preparation thereof

Abstract

A cement composition includes an ordinary Portland cement, an Arabic Gum in the amount of 0.1 to 2% by weight of the ordinary Portland cement, a sand in the amount of 150% by weight of the ordinary Portland cement, and water in the amount of 40% by weight of the ordinary Portland cement. A cured sample obtained by curing the cementitious mortar composition for at least 2 days has a porous structure including one or more microcracks from 20 to 500 nm wide and 0.1 to 500 μm long, wherein the cured sample has granules from 1 to 20 μm in diameter, the granules are bundles of microfilaments with a length from 0.2 to 5 μm, the bundles have 20 to 1000 microfilaments, and the microfilaments are in the form of cylinders.

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