Mineral phases in metakaolin-portlandite pastes cured 15 years at 60 °C. New data for scientific advancement
One of the problems addressed by the scientific community in connection with cement matrix hydration is the evolution of hydrated phases under certain, primarily temperature-related, curing conditions. Such conditions are of utmost importance when the cement generates metastable hydrated phases that...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositório: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/694714 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/694714 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2019.105368 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Metakaolinite Metastable phases Mineralogical evolution Pozzolanic reaction Temperature Zeolites Geología |
| Resumo: | One of the problems addressed by the scientific community in connection with cement matrix hydration is the evolution of hydrated phases under certain, primarily temperature-related, curing conditions. Such conditions are of utmost importance when the cement generates metastable hydrated phases that develop into stable phases, inducing substantial physical-mechanical changes in the matrix. One such instance arises during the pozzolanic reaction between metakaolinite and calcium hydroxide at 60 °C when metastable hexagonal phases co-exist with cubic stable phases. Such processes are well understood in the short and medium term (<5 years). Evolution at longer curing times has not been studied, however. This paper describes the evolution of the initial (stable and metastable) mineral phases in the metakaolinite / Ca(OH) reaction toward a zeolite-like phase after 15 year curing at 60 °C. An understanding of such mineralogical changes is scientifically significant, given their direct impact on the engineering properties of cement-based matrices |
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