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Going Below 50% Clinker Factor in Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC3): A Comparison with Pozzolanic Cements from the South American Market

Zunino, Franco  
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Scrivener, Karen L.  
January 1, 2023
Proceedings Of The 75Th Rilem Annual Week 2021
75th RILEM Annual Week on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures

Limestone calcined clays are a promising technology as they offer similar performance to OPC from 7 days onwards, while enabling a reduction of the clinker content of 50%. In some regions of the world like South America, pozzolanic cements (i.e., blended cements that combine clinker with natural pozzolans) have been used for decades as an effective solution to reduce the clinker content. Their clinker factors range from 80 down to 60% on average. However, their mechanical properties are in general lower as compared to OPC/CEM I. In this study, we show that by using LC3-type formulations, cements with the same performance as commercial pozzolanic cements can be produced with clinker contents significantly below 50%. This is explained by the high reactivity of calcined clays and the synergetic reaction of metakaolin and limestone that allows offsetting the clinker reduction.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-21735-7_8
Web of Science ID

WOS:001000560900008

Author(s)
Zunino, Franco  
Scrivener, Karen L.  
Date Issued

2023-01-01

Publisher

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

Publisher place

Cham

Published in
Proceedings Of The 75Th Rilem Annual Week 2021
ISBN of the book

978-3-031-21737-1

978-3-031-21735-7

978-3-031-21734-0

Series title/Series vol.

RILEM Bookseries

Volume

40

Start page

60

End page

64

Subjects

Construction & Building Technology

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Engineering, Civil

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Engineering

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Materials Science

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metakaolin

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reactivity

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clinker factor

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pozzolans

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sustainability

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LMC  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
75th RILEM Annual Week on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures

Merida, MEXICO

Aug 29-Sep 03, 2021

Available on Infoscience
July 17, 2023
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/199110
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