A molecular dynamics study of the aluminosilicate chains structure in Al-rich calcium silicate hydrated (C-S-H) gels A molecular dynamics study of the aluminosilicate chains structure in Al-rich calcium silicate hydrated (C-S-H) gels. Calcium silicate hydrated (C-S-H) gel is the principal binding phase of the cement paste and responsible for its strength. It is basically composed of silicate ch...

The acid properties of mesostructured aluminosilicates synthesized from gels precursors of colloidal ZSM-5 zeolite have been studied by FTIR spectroscopy of basic probe molecules (ammonia, CO and propene). It is shown that these materials possess stronger acid sites with higher thermal stability than those of conventional Al-MCM-41. These results explain the enhaced m-xylene isomerization activ...

Systematic studies of pressure-induced amorphization of natrolites (PIA) containing monovalent extra-framework cations (EFC) Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Rb(+), Cs(+) allow us to assess the role of two different EFC-H2O configurations within the pores of a zeolite: one arrangement has H2O molecules (NATI) and the other the EFC (NATII) in closer proximity to the aluminosilicate framework. We show that NA...

An economical mesoporous aluminosilicate was synthesized with microcline as starting material and the precursor 13X zeolite as seed for crystal structure on mesoporous walls. In this method, a mixture of microcline and Na2CO3 with a molar ratio of 1:1.05 was first calcined at 1093 K for 2.5 h. The calcined materials were mixed with 35 ml C16TMABr aqueous solution (containing 8.2 g C16TMABr) and...

The presented study focuses on the development of a pad-dry-thermofix functional coating process using a mixture of microporous aluminosilicate particles in diverse bath formulations to impart UV-ray-blocking, thermal stability and easy-care properties to the cotton fabric. The results of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray powder Diffraction (XRD) revealed the presence of three differ...

Abs t rac t -So lu t ion mechanisms of P in metaluminous to peraluminous quenched, hydrous ( 9 wt% H 2 0 ) and anhydrous glasses in the system CaO-Na20-K20-AI203-SiO2-P205 have been examined with microRaman spectroscopy. The principal aim was to examine relative stability of phosphate complexes as a function of bulk chemical composition. Increasing peraluminosity was accomplished by increasing ...

(1)H, (27)Al, (29)Si and (39)K solid-state NMR are reported from a Hungarian illite 2:1 clay for samples heated up 1600 degrees C. This single-phase sample has a small amount of aluminium substitution in the silica layer and very low iron-content ( approximately 0.4wt%). Thermal analysis shows several events that can be related to features in the NMR spectra, and hence changes in the atomic sca...

Although steel production by molten oxide electrolysis offers potential economic and environmental advantages over classic extractive metallurgy, its feasibility is far from being convincingly demonstrated, mainly due to inherent experimental difficulties exerted by harsh conditions and lack of knowledge regarding relevant mechanisms and physico-chemical processes in the melts. The present work...

We report a linear-scaling density functional theory (DFT) study of the structure, wall-polarization absolute band-alignment and optical absorption of several, recently synthesized, open-ended imogolite (Imo) nanotubes (NTs), namely single-walled (SW) aluminosilicate (AlSi), SW aluminogermanate (AlGe), SW methylated aluminosilicate (AlSi-Me), and double-walled (DW) AlGe NTs. Simulations with th...

At present, the most commonly used building material is ordinary Portland cement (OPC). However, OPC has a negative environmental effect during synthesis, with the release of significant amount of CO2 greenhouse gas. The cement industry is responsible for 5-8% of total global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Geopolymerization is a technology capable of turning industrial wastes into strong and chem...