Blended cements appear as the most promising way to massively produce with reduced environmental footprints. However, considering generally lower early mechanical performance of highly blended cements, chemical admixtures are increasingly relied upon increase strength. in many cases this can negatively impact other properties rheology and durability. This paper proposes an approach formulate lo...

In early 1980s, researchers discovered self-setting calcium orthophosphate cements, which are a bioactive and biodegradable grafting material in the form of a powder and a liquid. Both phases after mixing form a viscous paste that after being implanted sets and hardens within the body as either a non-stoichiometric calcium deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA) or brushite, sometimes blended with un-r...

More than ever before, the world's increasing need for new infrastructure demands the construction of efficient, sustainable and durable buildings, requiring minimal climate-changing gas-generation in their production. Maintenance-free "greener" building materials made from blended cements have advantages over ordinary Portland cements, as they are cheaper, generate less carbon dioxide and are ...

Reducing the consumption of cement with simultaneous utilizing waste materials as cement replacement is preferred for reasons of environmental protection. Blended cements consist of different supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, silica fume, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), natural pozzolans, etc. These materials should be chemically activated to show effec...

In situ X-ray Micro-Tomography (XMT) analyses with a pixel size of 0.325 µm were conducted on slag-based blended cements containing 75% Ground-Granulated Blast-Furnace Slags (GGBS) and 25% Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), or without CaCl2 acceleration. Results show the identification main cementitious phases need to perform data repeatability tests in order allow their quantification. Investigat...

In limestone calcined clay cements (LC3), more hemicarboaluminate and monocarboaluminate is observed, as compared to other blended cements, from the reaction of metakaolin with limestone. this study, it shown that formation these carboaluminate phases, predominantly occurs during a “third” hydration peak, after main alite aluminate peaks. The influence content, level sulfate addition water bind...

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