Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cement Pastes Using Thermodynamics-Based Methods
Low-heat Portland (LHP) cement is a kind of high-belite cement, which has the characteristic of low hydration heat. Currently, it is extensively used in the temperature control of mass concrete. Based on the thermodynamic database of OPC-based materials,
Yifan Zhou +9 more
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Treatment of end-of-life concrete in an innovative heating-air classification system for circular cement-based products [PDF]
A stronger commitment towards Green Building and circular economy, in response to environmental concerns and economic trends, is evident in modern industrial cement and concrete production processes.
Di Maio, F. +4 more
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A Comparative Study Between the Early Stages Hydration of a High Strength and Sulphate Resistant Portland Cement and the Type II F Portland Cement Through Non Conventional Differential Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry [PDF]
This work presents a study, which compares the early stages of hydration of a High Initial Strength and Sulphate Resistant Portland Cement (HIS SR PC) with those of Type II F Portland Cement (PC II), by Non-Conventional Differential Thermal Analysis ...
Alex Neves Junior +3 more
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Ultrasonic sound speed analysis of hydrating calcium sulphate hemihydrate \ud [PDF]
This article focuses on the hydration, and\ud associated microstructure development, of b-hemihydrate\ud to dihydrate (gypsum). The sound velocity is used to\ud quantify the composition of the fresh slurry as well as the\ud hardening and hardened—porous ...
Brouwers, H.J.H., Korte, A.C.J. de
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Study on the effect of activated coal gangue on the mechanical and hydration properties of cement
This study aims to minimize the carbon emissions of cement and investigate the viability of employing activated coal gangue (CG) as an additional cementitious ingredient.
Zewen Zhu +12 more
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Portland cement hydration in the presence of admixtures: black gram pulse and superplasticizer
Effect of admixtures such as black gram pulse (BGP) and sulfonated naphthalene based superplasticizer (SP) on the hydration of Portland cement has been studied. The hydration characteristics of OPC in the presence of BGP and SP were studied with the help
Viveka Nand Dwivedi +4 more
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Hydration characteristics of cement pastes incorporating electric arc-furnace slag [PDF]
This paper presents the results of a comparative study of the hydration characteristics of cement pastes incorporating steel slag or ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) as substitutes for ordinary Portland cement (OPC).
Muntasser, T. Z., Nwaubani, Sunny O.
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Hydration process and strength development of autoclaved products using skarn-type copper tailings
Hydration reactions of samples made from skarn-type copper tailings, blast furnace slag, quartz sand, cement clinker and natural gypsum during the process of pre-curing, autoclaving and re-curing were investigated by strength testing, X-ray diffraction ...
ZHU Li-ping +4 more
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Quantitative study of hydration of C3S and C2S by thermal analysis. Evolution and composition of C-S-H gels formed [PDF]
This research is part of a European project (namely, CODICE project), main objective of which is modelling, at a multi-scale, the evolution of the mechanical performance of non-degraded and degraded cementitious matrices.
A Fernández-Jiménez +32 more
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Effect of C-S-H Nucleating Agent on Cement Hydration
This work aims to study the effect of a nucleating agent on cement hydration. Firstly, the C-S-H crystal nucleation early strength agent (CNA) is prepared.
Wenhao Zhao +3 more
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