Effect of tricalcium aluminate and nano silica on performance of hemihydrate gypsum

2022 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 126362
Author(s):  
Pian Chen ◽  
Baoguo Ma ◽  
Hongbo Tan ◽  
Ying Su ◽  
Zihao Jin ◽  
...  
Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Dapeng Zheng ◽  
Manuel Monasterio ◽  
Weipeng Feng ◽  
Waiching Tang ◽  
Hongzhi Cui ◽  
...  

Tricalcium aluminate (C3A) is the most reactive component of the Portland cement and its hydration has an important impact on the workability and early strength of concrete. Recently, nanomaterials such as nano-silica (nano-SiO2) have attracted much attention in cement-based materials because of its pozzolanic reactivity and the pore-filling effect. However, its influence on the hydration of C3A needs to be well understood. In this study, the hydration kinetics of C3A mixed with different percentages of nano-SiO2 were studied and compared with pure C3A. The hydration products were examined by different characterization techniques including XRD, XPS, and NMR spectroscopy and isothermal calorimetry analyses. The XRD results showed that the addition of nano-SiO2 promoted the conversion of the intermediate product C4AH13. The isothermal calorimetry results showed that the addition of nano-SiO2 significantly reduced the hydration exotherm rate of C3A from 0.34 to less than 0.1 mW/g. With the presence of nano-SiO2, the peaks for Q1 were observed in 29Si MAS-NMR measurements, and the content of Q1 increased from 6.74% to 30.6% when the nano-SiO2 content increased from 2 wt.% to 8 wt.%, whereas the proportion of Q4 gradually decreased from 89.1% to 63.6%. These results indicated a pozzolanic reaction provoked by the nano-SiO2 combined with aluminate structures generating C-A-S-H gel.


Author(s):  
Jia Lu ◽  
Xiaohou Shao ◽  
Chao Yin ◽  
Xinyu Mao ◽  
Long Wang ◽  
...  

GIS Business ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Sarvesh PS Rajput

This study reported that the addition of nano-silica enhances the mechanical characteristics of concrete as its compressive, flexural and tensile split strengths are increased. As a comparison mixture to equate it along with nano-modified concrete, ordinary samples of Portland cement (OPC) have been utilized. Herein, upto 6.0 percent of OPC has been substituted by nanosilica. In fact, the introduction of nanosilica improves mechanical and microstructural characteristics of concrete by significantly (28 to 35%). The finding therefore, indicated that partly replacing OPC with up to 5 percent nanosilica increases the mechanical and microstructural properties cured up to ninety days as opposed to the standard OPC mix.


2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 1923-1928
Author(s):  
Yue Xu ◽  
Jian Xi Li ◽  
Li Li Kan

A new kind of high strength cementitious material is made from phosphogypsum (PG), active carbon and fly-ash. Through the orthogonal research, it was showed that the calcination temperature, retention time, dosage of active carbon and fly ash on the compressive strength of cementitious binder are the most important. The result also showed that, in the conditions of temperature 1200°C, time retention 30 min, dosage of active carbon 10%, dosage of fly ash 5%, the compressive strength of the cementitious material for 3d and 28d could reach to 46.35MPa and 92.70MPa, the content of sulfur trioxide was 11.60% accordingly. A lot of active mineral materials, such as dicalcium silicate, tricalcium silicate, tricalcium aluminate were formed in the calcination. The C-S-H gel, calcium hydroxide and ettringite were found in 3d and 28d hydrates. It is found that the lime saturation ratio and silica modulus need to be control between 0.40~0.65 and 4~8 in order to produce high strength cementitious material.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifang Zhao ◽  
Tianqi Qi ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
David Hui ◽  
Cong Xiao ◽  
...  

AbstractThe behavior of cement-based materials is manipulated by chemical and physical processes at the nanolevel. Therefore, the application of nanomaterials in civil engineering to develop nano-modified cement-based materials is a promising research. In recent decades, a large number of researchers have tried to improve the properties of cement-based materials by employing various nanomaterials and to characterize the mechanism of nano-strengthening. In this study, the state of the art progress of nano-modified cement-based materials is systematically reviewed and summarized. First, this study reviews the basic properties and dispersion methods of nanomaterials commonly used in cement-based materials, including carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene, graphene oxide, nano-silica, nano-calcium carbonate, nano-calcium silicate hydrate, etc. Then the research progress on nano-engineered cementitious composites is reviewed from the view of accelerating cement hydration, reinforcing mechanical properties, and improving durability. In addition, the market and applications of nanomaterials for cement-based materials are briefly discussed, and the cost is creatively summarized through market survey. Finally, this study also summarizes the existing problems in current research and provides future perspectives accordingly.


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