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Advances in quantitative XRD analysis for clinker, cements, and cementitious additions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2012

G. Walenta  and
T. Füllmann
G. Walenta*
Affiliation:
Central Research Laboratories, Lafarge, 38291 St Quentin Fallavier, France
T. Füllmann*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Construction Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
*
a)Electronic mail: gunther.walenta@lafarge.com
b)Electronic mail: thomas.fuellmann@epfl.ch
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Abstract

The Rietveld method allows a precise quantitative phase analysis of building materials. Thanks to the development of stable-functioning software and the use of high-performance detectors, a quantitative phase analysis by X-ray, including sample preparation, and measurement and evaluation, can be performed in fewer than ten minutes. This has made it possible to integrate the method into existing laboratory automation systems for process and quality control to provide a means of online monitoring. Due to the completely automated operating principle of the Rietveld software, no additional staff is required and the results are user-independent. The Rietveld method is now being employed in industrial laboratories and also in various cement plants owned by the Lafarge Group as the standard method of quantitative analysis of Portland Cement clinkers and Portland Cements (CEM I, CEM II A-L).

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Powder Diffraction , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 40 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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