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Microstructure and Microchemistry of Slag Cement Pastes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. M. Harrisson ,
N. B. Winter  and
H. F. W. Taylor
A. M. Harrisson
Affiliation:
Blue Circle Industries PLC, Research Division, London Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9JQ, England
N. B. Winter
Affiliation:
Blue Circle Industries PLC, Research Division, London Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9JQ, England
H. F. W. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB9 2UE, Scotland
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Abstract

Pastes of a portland cement (60%) blended with a granulated blastfurnace slag (40%) were examined, principally by SEM with EDX analysis. Reaction rims around slag particles and relicts of fully reacted slag particles had compositions compatible with mixtures, in varying proportions, of C-S-H having Si/Ca -0.62 and a phase of the hydrotalcite family having Al/Mg -0.38. Calculations taking into account relevant densities and water contents indicated that replacement of the slag by its in situ hydration products entails little or no change in the numbers of Mg and 0 atoms per unit volume, but that substantial proportions of the Ca, Si and Al are released and an equivalent amount of H gained. In other respects, the microstructures qualitatively resembled those of pure portland cement pastes of similar ages, but less CH was formed and the C-S-H not formed in situ from the slag had a Si/Ca ratio of 0.56, higher than that of 0.50 to 0.53 found in the absence of slag. None of the individual phases in the slag cement pastes showed significant compositional variation with time in the 28 day to 14 month period studied. The relative amounts of Ca, Si and Al expelled from the slag are such that, in order to form C-S-H and AFm phase, more Ca is required. It is obtained partly at the expense of CH formation, and partly through increase in the Si/Ca ratio of the C-S-H formed from the clinker phases. Mass balance, volume composition and bound water content were calculated for the 14 month old paste and compared with corresponding results for the pure portland cement.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 85: Symposium M – Microstructural Development During Hydration of Cement , 1986 , 213
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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