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A comparative study of Rietveld phase analysis of cement clinker using neutron, laboratory X-ray, and synchrotron data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2012

Vanessa K. Peterson,
Abhi S. Ray and
Brett A. Hunter
Vanessa K. Peterson*
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Abhi S. Ray
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Brett A. Hunter
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, Australia
*
a)a)Electronic mail: vanessa.peterson@nist.gov
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Abstract

Rietveld refinement using neutron, laboratory X-ray, and synchrotron powder diffraction data of NIST SRM clinker 8488 was performed. Quantitative phase analysis (QPA) results were compared between data, and with other studies. QPA results for the main phases in the clinker were found to be in agreement between the different data used here, and in and other studies, although the QPA of the tricalcium silicate polymorphs was shown to be inconsistent. The QPA results for the tricalcium aluminate phase varied between data types, and the neutron data were unable to distinguish this phase.

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Rietveld refinementcement

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Powder Diffraction , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2006, pp. 12 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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