Moutzouri, PinelopiEmsley, Lyndon2021-07-172021-07-172021-07-172021-04-0110.2533/chimia.2021.272https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/179948WOS:000671218700006We review our recent paper which resolves the long-standing dilemma of the location and nature of the six-fold coordinated aluminum in calcium aluminate silicate hydrate (C-A-S-H) samples. First principles calculations predict that at high Ca:Si and H2O ratios, aluminum is incorporated into the bridging sites of the linear silicate chains and that the stable coordination number is six. We confirm this hypothesis experimentally by one- and two-dimensional dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced Al-27 and Si-29 solid-state NMR experiments in which we correlate the distinctive six-fold coordinated aluminum NMR signal at 5 ppm to Si-29 NMR signals from silicates in C-A-S-H.Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistryc-a-s-hdnpmassix-fold coordinated aluminumsolid-state nmrc-s-hdynamic nuclear-polarizationenhanced nmrportland cementssi-29al-27spectroscopymetakaolingelsaltext::journal::journal article::research article