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Background on Hydration Reaction,<br />

Cementitious, And Pozzolanic Activity<br />

To understand the behavior of fly ash in contact with water or in a concrete<br />

mixture, it is important to understand the reaction that takes place in freshly<br />

mixed concrete and the process by which it gains strength. <strong>The</strong> setting and<br />

hardening process of concrete, which occurs after the four components<br />

consisting of coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, cement and water are mixed<br />

together, is largely due to the reaction between the components cement and<br />

water. <strong>The</strong> other two components, coarse aggregate and fine aggregate, are<br />

more or less inert as far as setting and hardening is concerned.<br />

<strong>The</strong> major components of cement that react with water to produce hydration<br />

reaction products are tricalcium silicate (C 3 S), dicalcium silicate (C 2 S),<br />

tricalcium aluminate (C 3 A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C 4 AF). <strong>The</strong><br />

reactions can be summarized as shown below:<br />

2C 3 S + 6H Î C 3 S 2 H 3 + 3CH<br />

tricalcium silicate + water<br />

C - S - H + calcium hydroxide<br />

2C 2 S + 4H Î C 3 S 2 H 3 + CH<br />

dicalcium silicate + water<br />

C - S - H + calcium hydroxide<br />

C 3 A + 3CSH 2 + 26H Î C 3 A (CS) 3 H 32<br />

tricalcium aluminate +<br />

ettringite <br />

gypsum + water <br />

C 3 A + CSH 2 + 10H Î C 3 ACSH 12<br />

monosulphoaluminate hydrate<br />

C 4 AF forms hydration products similar to that of C 3 A, where iron substitutes<br />

partially for alumina in the crystal structure of ettringite and monosulphoaluminate<br />

hydrate.<br />

In the absence of sulfate, C 3 A may form the following reaction products (6):<br />

C 3 A + 6H Î C 3 AH 6<br />

C 3 A + CH + 18H Î C 4 AH 19<br />

Fly ash is pozzolanic. A pozzolan is defined as “a siliceous or siliceous and<br />

aluminous material which in itself possesses little or no cementitious value but<br />

which, in finely divided or powdered form, and in the presence of moisture,<br />

chemically reacts with calcium hydroxide at ordinary temperatures to form<br />

compounds that possess cementitious properties” (18).<br />

<strong>The</strong> major reaction that takes place is between the reactive silica of the<br />

pozzolan and calcium hydroxide producing calcium silicate hydrate. <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>We</strong> <strong>Energies</strong> 48<br />

<strong>Coal</strong> <strong>Combustion</strong> <strong>Products</strong><br />

Utilization Handbook

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