Mohammad Hossein Zandi - Graduate Student, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research, Department of Civil Engineering,Hamedan, Iran
Maziyar Darvishi - Graduate Student, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research, Department of Civil Engineering,Hamedan, Iran
Vahid Norion - Civil Engineer, Azad University, Department of Civil Engineering, sanandaj, Iran

stabilization of lead nitrate Pb(NO3)2, a representative of soluble lead compound, with five cements pastes based on either ordinary Portland cement (OPC) or blended Portland cement with granulated blast-furnace slag (GBFS) or metakaolin (MK) was studied. Various mixes were prepared by using a water/solidratio (W/S) of 0.28 (byweight). Two ratios of Pbions (1.0% and 2.0% of the solidbinder) was used by adding to the mixing water. Hydration characteristics of the different cement pastes were investigated via the examination of chemically combined water content, compressive strength. Leaching of lead ions from various hardened cement pastes wase xamined.The results showed that lead nitrate retards cement hydration through the formation ofplumbate salt CaPbO3. The obtained results of leaching showed a high degree of immobilization of Pb ions in the various cement pastes. More over, partial repla cement of Portland cement by MK is more efficient than granulated blast- furnace slag GBFS.

Stabilization, Lead, Cement, Slag, Metakaolin