The Determination of Lithium Oxide in Portland Cement by Flame Photometer

2009 ◽  
pp. 44-44-8
Author(s):  
WJ Mccoy ◽  
GG Christiansen
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroon Junsomboon ◽  
Jaroon Jakmunee

A simple flow injection with flame photometric detection has been developed for determination of sodium, potassium, and total alkalies in portland cement, fly ash, admixtures, and water of concrete. A liquid sample or a digest of solid sample was injected into a water carrier stream which flowed to a flame photometer. A change in emission intensity at a selected wavelength was recorded as a peak. An amplifier circuit was fabricated, which helped improve sensitivity of the flame photometer. Calibration graphs in the range of 0.05–1.0 mg L−1and 1.0–20.0 mg L−1were obtained with a detection limit of 0.02 mg L−1, for both potassium and sodium determination. Relative standard deviations for 11 replicates of injecting of 10 mg L−1potassium and sodium solutions were 1.69 and 1.79%, respectively. Sample throughput of 120 h−1was achieved. The proposed method was successfully applied to portland cement, fly ash, admixtures, and water samples validated by the ASTM standard method and certified reference materials of portland cement.


1979 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Yonco ◽  
V.A. Maroni ◽  
J.E. Strain ◽  
J.H. Devan

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Šiler ◽  
Josef Krátký ◽  
Iva Kolářová ◽  
Jaromír Havlica ◽  
Jiří Brandštetr

AbstractPossibilities of a multicell isoperibolic-semiadiabatic calorimeter application for the measurement of hydration heat and maximum temperature reached in mixtures of various compositions during their setting and early stages of hardening are presented. Measurements were aimed to determine the impact of selected components’ content on the course of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) hydration. The following components were selected for the determination of the hydration behaviour in mixtures: very finely ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS), silica fume (microsilica, SF), finely ground quartz sand (FGQ), and calcined bauxite (CB). A commercial polycarboxylate type superplasticizer was also added to the selected mixtures. All maximum temperatures measured for selected mineral components were lower than that reached for cement. The maximum temperature increased with the decreasing amount of components in the mixture for all components except for silica fume. For all components, except for CB, the values of total released heat were higher than those for pure Portland cement samples.


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