STUDY ON SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA OF HYDRATION PRODUCTS IN HARDENED CEMENT PASTE

The Surface Area of Hardened Cement Paste as Measured by Various Techniques

Hydrated cement paste has a high specific surface area due almost entirely to the calcium-silicate-hydrate reaction product. The surface area of cement paste is closely related to many crucial properties, including strength and permeability, and is therefore a useful predictive measurement. It is also a useful parameter for studying the nature of the calcium-silicate-hydrate gel itself. Unfortu...

Determining the water - cement ratio , cement content , water content and degree 1 of hydration of hardened cement paste : Method development and validation on 2 paste samples

7 We propose a new method to estimate the initial cement content, water content and free water/cement ratio (w/c) 8 of hardened cement-based materials made with Portland cements that have unknown mixture proportions and 9 degree of hydration. This method first quantifies the composition of the hardened cement paste, i.e. the 10 volumetric fractions of capillary pores, hydration products and unr...

Structure and Physical Properties of Hardened Portland Cement Paste

Macro- and microspectroscopic study of Nd (III) uptake mechanisms in hardened cement paste.

Cement is an important component in repositories for low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste. Nd uptake by hardened cement paste (HCP) has been investigated with the aim of developing a mechanistic understanding of the immobilization processes of trivalent lanthanides and actinides in HCP on the molecular level. Information on the microstructure of HCP, the Nd distribution in the cem...

Modeling of Hydration Kinetics and Shrinkage of Portland Cement Paste

MODELING OF HYDRATION KINETICS AND SHRINKAGE OF PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE