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Title:

APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIAL THERMOGRAVIMETRY TO THE STUDY OF THE HYDRATION OF CEMENTS

Accession Number:

00212302

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

DIFFERENTIAL THERMOGRAVIMETRY WAS FOUND TO BE AN EXCELLENT TOOL TO FOLLOW CEMENT HYDRATION. DTG CURVES OF SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND SYNTHETIC PORTLAND CEMENTS HYDRATED AT ROOM TEMPERATURES WERE COMPARED TO CURVES OF PURE HYDRATES AND MIXTURES OF PURE HYDRATES. IN THE GIVEN EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS /W/C RATIO EQUALS 0.27/ ONLY HYDRATED CALCIUM SILICATE, ETTRINGITE, AC4H13 BETA AND CALCIUM HYDROXIDE WERE OBSERVED. AC3H6 DOES NOT APPEAR. PASTE HYDRATION OF CEMENT GENERALLY YIELDS HYDRATES WHICH ARE POORLY CRYSTALLIZED OR OCCUR AS A GEL. THIS RENDERS UNRELIABLE MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS AND RADIOCRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ANALYSES.

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Monograph Accession #:

01410765

Corporate Authors:

Highway Research Board (HRB)

Washington, DC

Authors:

Dekeyser, W L
Derie, R
Van Bemst, A

Pagination:

pp 398-405

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 90
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (6) ; References (9) ; Tables (1)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 1994 12:00AM

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