Advances in atomistic modeling and understanding of drying shrinkage in cementitious materials

MJA Qomi, L Brochard, T Honorio, I Maruyama… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

Advances in understanding ye'elimite-rich cements

MB Haha, F Winnefeld, A Pisch - Cement and Concrete Research, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review, we discuss the recent advances in understanding ye'elimite-rich cements.
These cements can be classified as follows:(1) Low belite ones namely called calcium …

Cemdata18: A chemical thermodynamic database for hydrated Portland cements and alkali-activated materials

B Lothenbach, DA Kulik, T Matschei, M Balonis… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic modelling can reliably predict hydrated cement phase assemblages and
chemical compositions, including their interactions with prevailing service environments …

New insights on dehydration at elevated temperature and rehydration of GGBS blended cement

L Xu, J Wang, K Li, T Hao, Z Li, L Li, B Ran… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrated cement paste can be recycled by thermal activation as an alternative binder with
low energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during production. This investigation …

Advances in hydration and thermodynamics of cementitious systems

KL Scrivener, T Matschei, F Georget, P Juilland… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimising the hydration of cementitious materials is crucial to leverage their full potential
and avoid wasting resources, embodied energy and CO 2. Understanding the fundamental …

Thermogravimetric analysis

B Lothenbach, P Durdzinski… - A practical guide to …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is a widely applied technique in the field of cement
science. Measurements of bound water and portlandite content by TGA are often used to …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of hemicarbonate under cement paste-like conditions

F Georget, B Lothenbach, W Wilson, F Zunino… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hemicarbonate is observed in hydrated cement paste even after prolonged hydration and in
the presence of calcium carbonate, although monocarbonate is expected to be …

Hydration states of AFm cement phases

LG Baquerizo, T Matschei, KL Scrivener… - Cement and Concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
The AFm phase, one of the main products formed during the hydration of Portland and
calcium aluminate cement based systems, belongs to the layered double hydrate (LDH) …

Hydration products in sulfoaluminate cements: Evaluation of amorphous phases by XRD/solid-state NMR

D Gastaldi, G Paul, L Marchese, S Irico… - Cement and Concrete …, 2016 - Elsevier
The hydration of four sulfoaluminate cements have been studied: three sulfoaluminate
systems, having different content of sulfate and silicate, and one blend Portland-CSA …

Effects of seawater on the formation and mechanical properties of Friedel's salt associated with tricalcium aluminate

Y Cai, Y Tao, D Xuan, X Zhu, CS Poon - Cement and Concrete Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This work examines the micromechanical properties of AFm phases formed in seawater and
deionized water. As the interlayer SO 4 2− in the AFm phase is gradually replaced by Cl− in …