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Cement Minerals at Elevated Temperature: Thermodynamic and Structural Characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Carol J. Bruton
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-219, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
Brian L. Phillips
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-219, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
Annemarie Meike
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-219, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
Sue Martin
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-219, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
Brian E. Viani
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-219, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

An experimental and modeling program has been designed to elucidate the structural and thermodynamic response of cement minerals to elevated temperature. The components of the program include: a) synthesis of hydrated Ca-silicates; b) structural analysis of cement phases during heating and dehydration/rehydration; c) mechanistic and thermodynamic descriptions of the hydration/dehydration behavior of hydrated Ca-silicates as a function of temperature, pressure and relative humidity; d) study of naturally occurring hydrated Ca-silicates; and e) measurements of thermodynamic data for hydrated Ca-silicates.

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