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Title: Examination of gamma-irradiated calcium silicate hydrates. Part I: Chemical-structural properties

Abstract

The chemical-structural properties of synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) with C/S (Ca/Si) ratios of 0.75, 1 and 1.33 were studied after gamma irradiation-absorbed doses ranging from 0.145 to 0.784 MGy and compared with those of control specimens. The results showed that the total water content given by thermogravimetric analysis and the dimension of the basal spacing given by x-ray diffraction were comparable for control and irradiated samples, which indicate that the interlayer water content did not change. The morphology, C/S ratios, and silicate mean chain length were also found to be unaltered by the absorbed gamma doses.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
  3. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
OSTI Identifier:
1559725
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1512332
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820
Publisher:
American Ceramic Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Tajuelo Rodriguez, Elena, Hunnicutt, William A., Mondal, Paramita, and Le Pape, Yann. Examination of gamma-irradiated calcium silicate hydrates. Part I: Chemical-structural properties. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1111/jace.16515.
Tajuelo Rodriguez, Elena, Hunnicutt, William A., Mondal, Paramita, & Le Pape, Yann. Examination of gamma-irradiated calcium silicate hydrates. Part I: Chemical-structural properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16515
Tajuelo Rodriguez, Elena, Hunnicutt, William A., Mondal, Paramita, and Le Pape, Yann. Mon . "Examination of gamma-irradiated calcium silicate hydrates. Part I: Chemical-structural properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16515. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1559725.
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abstractNote = {The chemical-structural properties of synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) with C/S (Ca/Si) ratios of 0.75, 1 and 1.33 were studied after gamma irradiation-absorbed doses ranging from 0.145 to 0.784 MGy and compared with those of control specimens. The results showed that the total water content given by thermogravimetric analysis and the dimension of the basal spacing given by x-ray diffraction were comparable for control and irradiated samples, which indicate that the interlayer water content did not change. The morphology, C/S ratios, and silicate mean chain length were also found to be unaltered by the absorbed gamma doses.},
doi = {10.1111/jace.16515},
journal = {Journal of the American Ceramic Society},
number = 1,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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