A new model for the C-S-H phase formed during the hydration of Portland cements
A new model for the C-S-H phase formed during the hydration of Portland cements
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.03.001
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发表时间:
2017-07-01
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Chen, Jeffrey
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作者:
Gartner, Ellis;Maruyama, Ippei;Chen, Jeffrey
A model is developed to explain why the C-S-H phase that grows during the hydration of Portland Cements initially requires a high water content, much of which is lost by gentle drying. It is proposed that the rapid growth of C-S-H during the hydration of alite (C3S) in Portland cements initially occurs by adsorption of fully hydrated aqueous calcium cations onto anhydrous anionic basal sheets of a silicate-deficient (dimeric) tobermorite-like composition. Both divalent (Ca2+) and univalent (CaOH+) solvated cations are incorporated to balance the negative charge of the basal sheet, leading to significant structural disorder, explaining the poorly-crystalline nature of the C-S-H formed. Some of the solvation water is lost irreversibly on first drying due to the formation of Si-O-Ca-O-Si bridges, explaining irreversible shrinkage. The initially-formed C-S-H is metastable relative to a form with longer silicate chains, towards which it may slowly evolve with separation of water and CH. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.