A new aluminium-hydrate species in hydrated Portland cements characterized by {sup 27}Al and {sup 29}Si MAS NMR spectroscopy
- Instrument Centre for Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)
Recent {sup 27}Al MAS NMR studies of hydrated Portland cements and calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) phases have shown a resonance from Al in octahedral coordination, which cannot be assigned to the well-known aluminate species in hydrated Portland cements. This resonance, which exhibits the isotropic chemical shift {delta} {sub iso} = 5.0 ppm and the quadrupole product parameter P {sub Q} = 1.2 MHz, has been characterized in detail by {sup 27}Al MAS and {sup 27}Al{l_brace}{sup 1}H{r_brace} CP/MAS NMR for different hydrated white Portland cements and C-S-H phases. These experiments demonstrate that the resonance originates from an amorphous or disordered aluminate hydrate which contains Al(OH){sub 6} {sup 3-} or O {sub x}Al(OH){sub 6-x} {sup (3+x)-} units. The formation of the new aluminate hydrate is related to the formation of C-S-H at ambient temperatures, however, it decomposes by thermal treatment at temperatures of 70-90 {sup o}C. From the experiments in this work it is proposed that the new aluminate hydrate is either an amorphous/disordered aluminate hydroxide or a calcium aluminate hydrate, produced as a separate phase or as a nanostructured surface precipitate on the C-S-H phase. Finally, the possibilities of Al{sup 3+} for Ca{sup 2+} substitution in the principal layers and interlayers of the C-S-H structure are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 20793261
- Journal Information:
- Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 36, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.04.010; PII: S0008-8846(05)00114-6; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0008-8846
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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