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Belay Zeleke Dilnesa - Eawag-Empa Library

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CHAPTER 4 FE-CONTAINING HYDRATES IN HYDRATED CEMENT<br />

4.1.2. Characterization of hydrated cement using standard analytical<br />

techniques<br />

The hydration of two different cements, OPC and HS, was studied to determine the Fe<br />

speciation at various stages of the hydration process. Both cements contained roughly 5<br />

wt.% Al2O3 while their Fe2O3 content differed widely. The cement OPC had a Fe2O3<br />

content of 3 wt.%, while the HS contained about 7 wt.%. The progress of hydration and<br />

appearance/disappearance of the main cement phases can easily be followed using<br />

standard analytical techniques like XRD, TGA and SEM. During the hydration the peaks<br />

of the reactive clinkers phases C3S and C3A diminished fast, while C2(A,F) and C2S<br />

peaks persisted over longer periods of time (Fig. 67).<br />

Fig. 67 XRD patterns of OPC (+) and HS (*) cements hydrated at 20 °C.<br />

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