1. Experimental study and thermodynamic modelling of the temperature effect on the hydration of belite-ye’elimite-ferrite cementsMaruša Mrak, Frank Winnefeld, Barbara Lothenbach, Andraž Legat, Sabina Dolenec, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: This study focuses on the kinetics of hydration, phase assemblage, microstructure and mechanical properties after various hydration times of two different BCSA cements at 5, 20, 40 and 60 ◦C and compares experimental data with thermodynamic modelling. Different curing temperatures change the type of hydrates and their amounts. Ye’elimite and gypsum in belite-ye’elimite-ferrite cements are almost fully reacted after 24 h of hydration at 20, 40 and 60 ◦C, while not at 5 ◦C. The hydration of belite is slower than the one of ye’elimite, but reaches a high degree of hydration after 150 days which is increasing with temperature. Less ettringite is present at elevated temperatures due to its increasing solubility, while more monosulfate is observed. Furthermore, with increasing temperature siliceous hydrogarnet forms at the expenses of strätlingite as well as more C S H is found as more belite reacts resulting in higher compressive strength. Dense and homogenous microstructure is observed at 5 ◦C, while it is more heterogeneous at higher temperatures. The presence of more ye’elimite resulted in higher ettringite and str¨atlingite formation and a higher compressive strength, while more belite yields more C S H in the hydrates and lower compressive strength. Keywords: belite-ye’elimite-ferrite cement, temperature, hydration, thermodynamic modelling Published in DiRROS: 11.12.2023; Views: 359; Downloads: 273
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2. The influence of calcium sulfate content on the hydration of belite-calcium sulfoaluminate cements with different clinker phase compositionsMaruša Mrak, Frank Winnefeld, Barbara Lothenbach, Sabina Dolenec, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: The influence of different amounts of gypsum on the hydration of a belite-rich and a yeʼelimite-rich belite-calcium sulfoaluminate clinker (BCSA) was investigated. The hydration kinetics, phase assemblages and compressive strength development of cements prepared using yeʼelimite/ calcium sulfate molar ratios of 1, 1.5 and 2 were studied. Besides ettringite and monosulfate, aluminium hydroxide, strätlingite, C-S-H, iron-containing siliceous hydrogarnet and hydrotalcite were present as hydration products. Increasing the amount of gypsum increased the ratio of ettringite to monosulfate formed in the cement paste, lowered the amount of pore solution, delayed the dissolution of belite and ferrite, decreased the formation of strätlingite and, in the case of the yeʼelimite-rich BCSA, led to an increase in compressive strength. Increased amounts of belite in the clinker led to the formation of higher quantities of C-S-H, at the expense of straätlingite and a lower compressive strength, as belite has a lower degree of reaction than yeʼelimite and due to the formation of more C-S-H and stratlingite compared to the more space-filling ettringite. The thermodynamic model established for BCSA cement hydration agrees well with the experimental data. Compressive strength directly correlated with bound water from thermogravimetric analyses and inversely correlated with the porosity calculated from thermodynamic modelling. Keywords: belite-calcium sulfoaluminate cement, gypsum, hydration, thermodynamic modelling Published in DiRROS: 28.07.2023; Views: 457; Downloads: 348
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3. Effect of leaching on the composition of hydration phases during chloride exposure of mortarAlisa Machner, Marie Helene Bjørndal, Harald Justnes, Lucija Hanžič, Aljoša Šajna, Yushan Gu, Benoit Bary, Mohsen Ben Haha, Mette R. Geiker, Klaartje De Weerdt, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: Mortar specimens were exposed to either a 3% NaCl solution or a 3% NaCl+KOH solution for up to 180 days. Exposure to the NaCl solution provoked much more leaching than the NaCl+KOH exposure. Leaching strongly impacted the chloride ingress profiles. The extended leaching led to a maximum total chloride content almost three times higher and a deeper chloride penetration than exposure with limited leaching after 180 days. The higher maximum chloride content seems to be linked to the enhanced binding capacity of the C-S-H and AFm phases upon moderate leaching as determined by SEM-EDS. The total chloride profile appears to be governed by multi-ion transport and the interaction of chloride with the hydration phases. Service life prediction and performance testing both rely on total chloride profiles and therefore ought to take these interactions into account. Keywords: chloride binding, Friedel's salt, Kuzel's salt, ph, GEMS, thermodynamic modelling, open access Published in DiRROS: 26.04.2023; Views: 504; Downloads: 411
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