[HTML][HTML] Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of cements

B Walkley, JL Provis - Materials Today Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Cement is the ubiquitous material upon which modern civilisation is built, providing long-
term strength, impermeability and durability for housing and infrastructure. The fundamental …

Advances in characterizing and understanding the microstructure of cementitious materials

PJM Monteiro, G Geng, D Marchon, J Li… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Progress in microstructural characterization methods is summarized. Special attention is
given to advanced probes, such as X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, 1 H NMR relaxometry …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of alkali hydroxide on calcium silicate hydrate (CSH)

Y Yan, SY Yang, GD Miron, IE Collings… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of KOH and NaOH on CSH structure and solubility. Both
KOH and NaOH have a similar effect, they increase pH values and silicon concentrations …

Carbonation of C–S–H and C–a–S–H samples studied by 13C, 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR spectroscopy

TF Sevelsted, J Skibsted - Cement and Concrete Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthesized calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) samples with Ca/Si ratios of 0.66, 1.0, and 1.5
have been exposed to atmospheric CO 2 at room temperature and high relative humidity …

Model structures for c-(a)-sh (i)

IG Richardson - Structural Science, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
C-(A)-SH (I) is a calcium silicate hydrate that is studied extensively as a model for the main
binding phase in concrete. It is a structurally imperfect form of 14 Å tobermorite that has …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics of Al uptake in synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (CSH)

Y Yan, E Bernard, GD Miron, D Rentsch, B Ma… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of equilibration time on the composition, structure and solubility of calcium
aluminate silicate hydrate (CASH) was investigated in 0.5 M NaOH solutions at Al/Si= 0.1 …

Insight into the local CSH structure and its evolution mechanism controlled by curing regime and Ca/Si ratio

Z Wang, Y Chen, L Xu, Z Zhu, Y Zhou, F Pan… - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Calcium silicate hydrate (CSH), as the main hydration product in hardened Portland cement,
significantly affects its mechanical properties and durability. A profound insight into …

Comparison between natural and accelerated carbonation (3% CO2): Impact on mineralogy, microstructure, water retention and cracking

M Auroy, S Poyet, P Le Bescop, JM Torrenti… - Cement and Concrete …, 2018 - Elsevier
The consequences of accelerated carbonation at 3% CO 2 were compared with those of
natural carbonation (0.04%). Cement pastes (CEM I and CEM V/A) as well as the three …

The atomic-level structure of cementitious calcium silicate hydrate

A Kumar, BJ Walder, A Kunhi Mohamed… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Efforts to tune the bulk physical properties of concrete are hindered by a lack of knowledge
related to the atomic-level structure and growth of calcium silicate hydrate phases, which …

Hydration, carbonation, strength development and corrosion resistance of reactive MgO cement-based composites

R Hay, K Celik - Cement and Concrete Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Reactive-MgO cement (RMC) is an emerging material with the potential to become a long-
term sustainable alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due to its capability to …