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Natural fluorapatite as a raw material for Portland clinker
2018
Abstract The present work focuses on the mineralogy and the reactivity of clinkers made from the integration of natural fluorapatite in the raw meals with percentages ranging from 0 up to15%. The samples were characterized by infrared spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and microscopy techniques. The distribution of phosphorous and fluorine into clinkers minerals was determined by MEB/EDS mapping. The mineralogical composition was determined by XRD/Rietveld and the samples reactivity followed by isothermal microcalorimetry. It has been found that fluorine stabilizes C3S and β-C2S which still are found with high levels of P2O5. Cements obtained from up to 8% natural fluorapatite incorporation st…
Investigation of magnesium phosphate cement hydration in diluted suspension and its retardation by boric acid
2016
Abstract Magnesium phosphate cements (MPCs) are used for rapid repair works, but they may also offer prospects for the stabilization/solidification of deleterious waste. MPCs contain calcined magnesium oxide and a water-soluble acid phosphate, such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH 2 PO 4 ). The main precipitated hydrate is then K-struvite (MgKPO 4 ·6H 2 O). This work aims at giving new insight into the processes involved in its formation. Since cement hydration is very rapid, the second objective is to understand how boric acid, a common admixture for field application, retards cement hydration. A multi-stage process is evidenced in diluted suspension: MgHPO 4 ·7H 2 O likely precipitat…
Quantitative Determination of Calcium Hydroxide by using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
2018
Calcium hydroxide (CH) is a by-product from hydration reaction of cement along with calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel. It helps to protect the steel reinforcements in concrete structures from corrosion process due to carbonation. The presence of calcium hydroxide provides a basic environment (pH˃10) that induces the formation of passive oxide film and keeps steel structures from corrosion. The detection and quantification of calcium hydroxide in concrete structures are important to understand the nature and state of the steel structures in concretes. In this research work, the variation of calcium hydroxide to calcium silicate ratios in cement were measured by using near-infrared spectro…
Does phosphorus affect the industrial Portland cement reactivity?
2018
Abstract The effect of phosphorous on the mineralogy and reactivity of Portland cement has been investigated through an industrial clinkers series. The samples were collected from the same Tunisian cement plant and classified according to the content of P2O5 from 0.5% to 1.1%. All samples were manufactured at the same thermal and cooling conditions as well as possible. The specimens were characterized by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and optical microscopy techniques and their mineralogy was determined by X-ray powder diffraction coupled to the Rietveld analysis. The cements reactivity prepared from the clinkers was followed by means of isothermalcalorimetry. The compressive strength of t…
Hydration of cementitious materials, present and future
2011
This paper is a keynote presentation from the 13th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement. It discusses the underlying principles of hydration and recent evidence for the mechanisms governing this process in both Portland cements and other cementitious materials. Given the overriding imperative to improve the sustainability of cementitious materials, routes to reducing CO2 emissions are discussed and the impact of supplementary materials on hydration considered. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
SHORT-TERM PROCESSES OF RADIONUCLIDE IMMOBILIZATION IN CEMENT - A CHEMICAL APPROACH
1992
Abstract The ions released in solution by the constituents of cement (principally silicate, aluminate, OH and Ca ions) can combine with the anions and cations from nuclear wastes present in the mixing water to give very insoluble compounds that can fix these ions in the concrete matrix. In order to understand some of the particular physico-chemical processes involved in cement hydration in the presence of analogue elements, tricalcium silicate (C 3 S) was used instead of cement, which is too complex a mixture. It was found that the salt of a chemical analogue, a lanthanide salt, showed some accelerating effects when present in dilute amounts but resulted in large accelerating effects on QS …
Revised Atomistic Models of the Crystal Structure of C–S–H with high C/S Ratio
2016
Abstract The atomic structure of calcium-silicate-hydrate (C1.67–S–H x ) has been studied. Atomistic C–S–H models suggested in our previous study have been revised in order to perform a direct comparison of energetic stability of the different structures. An extensive set of periodic structures of C–S–H with variation of water content was created, and then optimized using molecular dynamics with reactive force field ReaxFF and quantum chemical semiempirical method PM6. All models show organization of water molecules inside the structure of C–S–H. The new geometries of C–S–H, reported in this paper, show lower relative energy with respect to the geometries from the original definition of C–S…
Rate-limiting reaction of C 3 S hydration - A reply to the discussion “A new view on the kinetics of tricalcium silicate hydration” by E. Gartner
2018
Abstract In the case of coupled solids-solution reactions, any mean accelerating or decelerating one of the reaction, will also change the other reaction(s) in the same way, through the coupling mediated by the solution. The observation of any kinetic change by one of these means should not lead to too rapid conclusion on the limitation of kinetics and it must be done with great caution. Contrary to what Gartner mentioned, the acceleration of C3S hydration by the addition of calcium silicate hydrate seeds, is not a trivial evidence suggesting that hydration kinetics “has to be” limited by the C-S-H precipitation and that the C3S dissolution can be neglected. In our paper, efforts have been …
A new view on the kinetics of tricalcium silicate hydration
2016
Abstract C3S hydration is an interesting example of chemical coupling between C3S dissolution, C–S–H and portlandite precipitation. It occurs because Ca2 +, OH− and silicate ions are present in C3S, in both hydration products and in the surrounding solution. Various experimental data sets reveal that the undersaturation with respect to C3S always increases when C3S hydration enters into the deceleratory phase, leading to the conclusion that C3S dissolution is at the origin of this deceleration, not C–S–H growth. In addition, as soon as portlandite precipitates, the dissolution limits the hydration already in the acceleratory hydration step. The evolution of the undersaturation cannot accoun…
The function of mirror neurons in the learning process
2017
In the last years, Neurosciences have developed very much, being elaborated many important theories scientific research in the field. The main goal of neuroscience is to understand how groups of neurons interact to create the behavior. Neuroscientists studying the action of molecules, genes and cells. It also explores the complex interactions involved in motion perception, thoughts, emotions and learning. Brick fundamental nervous system is the nerve cell, neuron. Neurons exchange information by sending electrical signals and chemical through connections called synapses. Discovered by a group of Italian researchers from the University of Parma, neurons - mirror are a special class of nerve …