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Influence of curing temperature on cement paste microstructure measured by H-1 NMR relaxometry

Gajewicz-Jaromin, Agata M.
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McDonald, Peter J.
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Muller, Arnaud C. A.
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August 1, 2019
Cement and Concrete Research

H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry, supported by X-Ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, has been used to characterise microstructure of white cement pastes underwater cured at temperatures in the range 10 degrees C to 60 degrees C. As the temperature increases, so the C-S-H, capillary pore water and interhydrate pore water content all increase; the ettringite and gel pore water content decrease; and the Portlandite content stays constant. A non-linear increase in the C-S-H 'solid' and 'bulk' densities, that exclude and include gel pore water respectively, has been observed with the increase of temperature. This is accompanied by a decrease in C-S -H water content but no change in the Ca/(Si + Al) ratio. The increase in the C-S-H 'solid' density has been attributed to a decrease in the number of locally stacked C-S-H layers. The increase in the C-S-H 'bulk' density is additionally attributed to the decrease in the gel porosity.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.05.002
Web of Science ID

WOS:000473380700012

Author(s)
Gajewicz-Jaromin, Agata M.
McDonald, Peter J.
Muller, Arnaud C. A.
Scrivener, Karen L.  
Date Issued

2019-08-01

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Published in
Cement and Concrete Research
Volume

122

Start page

147

End page

156

Subjects

Construction & Building Technology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Materials Science

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h-1 nuclear magnetic resonance

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c-s-h density

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c-s-h composition

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curing temperature

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c-s-h

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calcium-silicate-hydrate

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shrinkage

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density

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