This application relates to the field of building materials technology and discloses a low-cost micro-expansion ultra-
high performance concrete and its preparation method. The raw materials of the concrete include water,
cement,
silica fume, limestone
powder, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, polycarboxylate
superplasticizer, CaO-
calcium sulfoaluminate-based composite expansion agent, and
sodium polyacrylate-based internal curing agent. The fine aggregate is
river sand, and the coarse aggregate is
basalt crushed stone. During preparation, the powders are first mixed dry, then an
aqueous solution of the
superplasticizer is added and stirred into a uniform
slurry. The aggregate is then added, stirred, and finally molded and cured. This invention utilizes the internal curing agent to desorb
moisture when the internal
humidity of the concrete matrix decreases, providing
moisture compensation for the later hydration of the composite expansion agent, causing the dense matrix to undergo micro-expansion deformation and convert it into self-stress. This solution effectively compensates for the volume shrinkage caused by the low water-
cement ratio, reducing the risk of
cracking. Simultaneously, the use of conventional sand and gravel instead of pure
quartz sand significantly reduces the cost of large-scale preparation.