Effects of limestone powder on the early hydration of tricalcium aluminate

Jian Ma, Xiaomin Liu, Zhuqing Yu, Hu Shi, Qingyong Wu, Xiaodong Shen

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Abstract

To further explore the effects of limestone powder (LP) on the hydration of Portland cement as well as the formation and transformation mechanism of calcium carboaluminate phases, the hydration reaction between LP and tricalcium aluminate (C3A) is thoroughly studied in this paper. Due to the crucial influence of gypsum on the hydration of C3A, two systems are well studied, viz. the C3A–LP–H2O and the C3A–LP–CaSO4·2H2O–H2O system. The replacement levels of LP are 0, 5 mass%, 15 mass% and 25 mass% by mass of total binder. The hydration behavior of these two systems are studied using isothermal calorimetry, XRD and quantitative XRD, and chemical shrinkage. The obtained results show that more LP delays the formation of hemicarboaluminate. In the C3A–LP–CaSO4·2H2O–H2O system, the formation of calcium carboaluminate phases only begins after gypsum is consumed. Moreover, LP can reduce the chemical shrinkage resulting from the volume increase of the formation of calcium carboaluminate phases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10351-10362
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume147
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022

Keywords

  • Chemical shrinkage
  • Hydration heat
  • Limestone powder
  • Tricalcium aluminate
  • X-ray quantitative analysis

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