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Belay Zeleke Dilnesa - Eawag-Empa Library

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CHAPTER 3 SYNTHETIC FE-CONTAINING HYDRATES<br />

Fig. 57. From the data of Atkins et al. [117] a significantly higher solubility product (log<br />

Ks0 = -27.20 and -28.09) was obtained for C3ASH4 indicating a lower stability. The<br />

samples from the study of Atkins et al. [117] had been equilibrated for 10 weeks and 6<br />

months at 25 °C under oversaturation. Jappy et al. [110] determined the solubility at 95<br />

°C under oversaturation for C3AS0.09H5.82, C3AS0.76H4.48 and C3AS1.14H3.72. The<br />

calculated solubility products (log Ks0 = -25.02, -27.19 and -29.96) decrease strongly<br />

with increasing silica content as shown in Fig. 57. Thus, the solubility products calculated<br />

from different studies are significantly dependent on the amount of silica, temperature<br />

and the experimental conditions (oversaturation or undersaturation) employed. The<br />

values determined in this study at undersaturation experiments (equilibration time 4<br />

months) are similar to the values of Atkins et al. [117] obtained at oversaturation and<br />

clearly higher than the values obtained at undersaturation experiments where the solids<br />

had been equilibrated for 4 weeks [7, 112] as shown in Fig. 57. This could be related to<br />

the longer equilibration time and the amount of silica present in the solids.<br />

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