Tony Pons

Dr. Tony Pons

Université Gustave Eiffel
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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2 February 2021 in Materials
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Amr AboulelaAmr Aboulela
Amr Aboulela
MLMatthieu Peyre Lavigne
Matthieu Peyre Lavigne
ABAmaury Buvignier
Amaury Buvignier
MFMarlène Fourré
Marlène Fourré
MSMaud Schiettekatte
Maud Schiettekatte
Alexandra BertronAlexandra Bertron
Alexandra Bertron
The biodeterioration of cementitious materials in sewer networks has become a major economic, ecological, and public health issue. Establishing a suitable standardized test is essential if sustainable construction materials are to be developed and qualified for sewerage environments. Since purely chemical tests are proven to not be representative of the actual deterioration phenomena in real sewer conditions, a biological test–named the Biogenic Acid Concrete (BAC) test–was developed at the University of Toulouse to reproduce the biological reactions involved in the process of concrete biodeterioration in sewers. The test consists in trickling a solution containing a safe reduced sulfur source onto the surface of cementitious substrates previously covered with a high diversity microbial consortium. In these conditions, a sulfur-oxidizing metabolism naturally develops in the biofilm and leads to the production of biogenic sulfuric acid on the surface of the material. The representativeness of the test in terms of deterioration mechanisms has been validated in previous studies. A wide range of cementitious materials have been exposed to the biodeterioration test during half a decade. On the basis of this large database and the expertise gained, the purpose of this paper is (i) to propose a simple and robust performance criterion for the test (standardized leached calcium as a function of sulfate produced by the biofilm), and (ii) to demonstrate the repeatability, reproducibility, and discriminability of the test method. In only a 3-month period, the test was able to highlight the differences in the performances of common cement-based materials (CEM I, CEM III, and CEM V) and special calcium aluminate cement (CAC) binders with different nature of aggregates (natural silica and synthetic calcium aluminate). The proposed performance indicator (relative standardized leached calcium) allowed the materials to be classified according to their resistance to biogenic acid attack in sewer conditions. The repeatability of the test was confirmed using three different specimens of the same material within the same experiment and the reproducibility of the results was demonstrated by standardizing the results using a reference material from 5 different test campaigns. Furthermore, developing post-testing processing and calculation methods constituted a first step toward a standardized test protocol.

24 April 2024 in Materials and Structures
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JAJanette Ayoub
Janette Ayoub
MGMarielle Guéguen-Minerbe
Marielle Guéguen-Minerbe
TPTony Pons
Tony Pons
MOMarcos Oliveira
Marcos Oliveira
SGSabrina Guérin-Rechdaoui
Sabrina Guérin-Rechdaoui
Mario MarchettiMario Marchetti
Mario Marchetti

17 August 2022 in Science of The Total Environment
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Amr AboulelaAmr Aboulela
Amr Aboulela
MLMatthieu Peyre Lavigne
Matthieu Peyre Lavigne
TPTony Pons
Tony Pons
MBMansour Bounouba
Mansour Bounouba
MSMaud Schiettekatte
Maud Schiettekatte
Alexandra BertronAlexandra Bertron
Alexandra Bertron

30 August 2024 in Construction and Building Materials
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JAJanette Ayoub
Janette Ayoub
MMMarielle Guéguen Minerbe
Marielle Guéguen Minerbe
TPTony Pons
Tony Pons
MOMarcos Oliveira
Marcos Oliveira
SGSabrina Guérin
Sabrina Guérin
Mario MarchettiMario Marchetti
Mario Marchetti

11 June 2023
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YWYasmine Werghi
Yasmine Werghi
TPTony Pons
Tony Pons
MMMarielle Guéguen Minerbe
Marielle Guéguen Minerbe
MOMarcos Oliviera
Marcos Oliviera
SASam Azimi
Sam Azimi
TCThierry Chaussadent
Thierry Chaussadent