Expansion behavior of siliceous carbonate (Spratt limestone) in LiOH solution

Lai Bao Mei, Du You Lu, Min Deng, Ming Shu Tang

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Abstract

The expansion behavior of typical siliceous carbonate (Spratt limestone) autoclaved in LiOH solution were studied in this paper, the morphologies and chemical composition of the products produced by reaction of siliceous carbonate with LiOH were studied through SEM and EDS. The results show that Spratt limestone exhibits both alkali - silica and alkali - carbonate reactivity. Ion's migration in alkali - carbonate reaction process was revealed, dolomite crystal disintegrates because of alkali corrosion, Ca2+ and CO32- produced by dolomite crystal disintegration migrate out and leave original positions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)379-383
Number of pages5
JournalJianzhu Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Building Materials
Volume7
Issue number4
StatePublished - Dec 2004

Keywords

  • Alkali-carbonate reaction
  • Alkali-silica reaction
  • Lithium hydroxide
  • Siliceous carbonate

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