Predicting the volume instability of hydrated cement systems upon freezing using poro-mechanics and local phase equilibria

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zuber ◽  
J. Marchand
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1556-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Yardley ◽  
Ivan Povstugar ◽  
Pyuck-Pa Choi ◽  
Dirk Raabe ◽  
Alireza B. Parsa ◽  
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Author(s):  
N.V. Belov ◽  
U.I. Papiashwili ◽  
B.E. Yudovich

It has been almost universally adopted that dissolution of solids proceeds with development of uniform, continuous frontiers of reaction.However this point of view is doubtful / 1 /. E.g. we have proved the active role of the block (grain) boundaries in the main phases of cement, these boundaries being the areas of hydrate phases' nucleation / 2 /. It has brought to the supposition that the dissolution frontier of cement particles in water is discrete. It seems also probable that the dissolution proceeds through the channels, which serve both for the liquid phase movement and for the drainage of the incongruant solution products. These channels can be appeared along the block boundaries.In order to demonsrate it, we have offered the method of phase-contrast impregnation of the hardened cement paste with the solution of methyl metacrylahe and benzoyl peroxide. The viscosity of this solution is equal to that of water.


The article presents the study of processes of structure formation of cement stone and products of hardening of organic-mineral compositions with fibrous filler (shavings) by the electronic scanning microscopy method. It is established that the additive-free cement stone at the age of 28 days has a dense and homogeneous structure, consists of calcium hydro-silicates, Portlandite and calcite - newgrowths characteristic for cement systems. Cellulose fibers, which make up the bulk of the substance of shavings, are sufficiently active, which determines the high adhesion of the hydration products of the cement binder to their surface. It is shown that the introduction of shavings into the organo-mineral composition leads to inhibition of cement hydration processes. Organo-mineral compositions with different shavings content (two compositions) were analyzed. The first composition is characterized by a fairly dense structure, the cement stone consists of globular nanoscale nuclei of hydrosilicates, Portlandite and calcite. The second composition has a loose porous structure, cement stone consists of non-hydrated cement grains, newgrowths are represented by calcite and vaterite. The structure of the contact zone "osprey fiber-cement stone" in the organo-mineral composition of the first composition indicates a good adhesion of the filler surface with the phases of hydrated cement. The use of shavings as a fibrous filler (the first composition) increases the tensile and bending strength, as well as the wear resistance of organo-mineral compositions. The data obtained by scanning electron microscopy are confirmed by the results of studying the processes of structure formation of cement stone by quantitative x-ray phase analysis.


2003 ◽  
Vol 173 (12) ◽  
pp. 1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim V. Brazhkin ◽  
Roman N. Voloshin ◽  
A.G. Lyapin ◽  
Svetlana V. Popova

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Selvia Fardhyanti ◽  
Wahyudi B. Sediawan ◽  
Panut Mulyono ◽  
Muslikhin Hidayat

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Jacob B. Forshaw ◽  
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David J. Waters ◽  
David R.M. Pattison ◽  
Richard M. Palin ◽  
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