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Belay Zeleke Dilnesa - Eawag-Empa Library

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

The observations made in these synthetic Fe-cements concerning on the fate of iron are<br />

comparable to the observations made in commercial Portland cements. In the OPC and<br />

HS cements investigated (see section 4.1) the main hydrates were C-S-H, portlandite, Al-<br />

AFm and AFt phases. The formation of Al/Fe-siliceous hydrogarnet was also observed<br />

but not Fe-containing ettringite. The presence of aluminium in the OPC and HS cements<br />

led to the formation of stable Al-ettringite and Al-containing AFm phases while all Fe<br />

released from the ferrite was present as Fe-siliceous hydrogarnet in the long term time.<br />

The experiments with the synthetic Fe-cements confirmed the validity of the<br />

thermodynamic calculations in the synthetic cements and confirmed that the presence of<br />

silica suppressed the formation of Fe-containing AFm phases.<br />

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