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P. Jinchang et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 36 (2016) 130-138; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.36.13 132 Figure 1 : Manufacturing process of concrete mortar matrix. (2)Maintenance: maintain the test specimen in curing room (20 ± 2°C) for 24 h, then do: ① Standard maintenance (maintain the test specimen in water (20 ± 2°C) till specified curing age); ② Hot water maintenance (maintain the test specimen in 90°C hot water curing box for 48 h and then perform standard maintenance till specified curing age). ③ Take specimen for mechanical performance and microscopic performance tests. Microscopic Test - XRD Quantitative Test Specimen that had been cured to specified curing age was taken socked in absolute alcohol for one day [11]. Then it was grinded in agate mortar in an environment of absolute ethyl alcohol until all powder passed through 0.08 mm sieve. Afterwards, all powder was dried in vacuum drying oven (50°C ). One hour later, it was put into hermetic bag and cooled to room temperature. Then the power was mixed with α - Al 2 O 3 power which passed through 80 μm sieve in a ratio of 1 : 9. Absolute ethyl alcohol was also added. After one hour of mixing, all specimen were put into vacuum drier. Bruker - Axs D8DISCOVER X ray diffractometer equipped with LynxEye array detector was used. Target used was Cu target. Room temperature was T = 298 K. Operating voltage and operating current were set as 40 kV and 30 mA. Soller slit was 4.0°. Step size was set as 0.02° (2θ), scanning speed was set as 0.30 s/step, and scanning angle ranged from 5° to 80° (2θ) or 7° to 80° (2θ). The power was put on specialized glass-made sample plate of ray diffractometer and moved to sample holder for testing after the parameters were set over. MIP Test AutoPoreIV 9510 auto hole test system produced by Micrometrics corporation was used as mercury injection apparatus. Operating parameters were: pressure 0.10 ~ 45000 psia, contact angle 130°, equilibrium time 10s, sampling hole interval 4.3 nm ~ 360 μm. Characteristic parameters of pore structure such as porosity, average pore size and distribution of pre size were analyzed using corresponding analysis software. Nanoindentation Test First, specimen which had been cured to specified curing age was cut into small pieces with a side length of 2 cm. Then they were socked in absolute ethyl alcohol for 48 h. The specimen was cut into slices (5 ~ 10 mm) after cold mounting with epoxy resin. To obtain even and clean surface, the slices were grinded with carborundum paper (180-mesh, 600 mesh, 1200 mesh) on grinding machine and then polished with polishing solution (9 μm, 3 μm, 0.5 μm, 0.05 μm). Finally, the specimen was washed by ultrasonic wave for 15 min to remove particles from polishing solution adhered to the surface. Nano Test TM produced by Micro Materials Corporation was used for test and pyramidal Berkovich pressure head was equipped. A dot matrix (10 × 10) was selected in the area next to specimen interface area and the space between two dots was 20 μm. Displacement control mode was applied and the maximum depth of indentation was set as 300 nm. When the pressure head contacts the surface of specimen, the depth of indentation linearly loads to the set value in a speed of 0.25 mN/s, then loads in a constant speed for 30 s, and finally linearly unloads in a speed of 0.25 mN/s. Every test point was processed with loading and unloading. Load - displacement curve was recorded. R ESULTS AND ANALYSIS Mechanical Performance Test and Analysis e made tests on static mechanical performance of UHPCC with different curing age. Results are shown in Fig. 2. It can be seen from Fig. 2 that, different UHPCC material show the same tendency of compressive strength and rupture strength, i.e., strength was higher in material with larger curing age. When curing age was the same, compressive strength and rupture strength improved with the increase of mixing amount of nano-CaCO 3 . But if the W