Investigation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) by Electron Microscopy
Abstract
A serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBFSEM) system, composed of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an ultra-microtome installed within the SEM vacuum chamber, has been used to characterize the three-dimensional (3D) microstructure of tricalcium silicate (C3S) grains embedded in epoxy resin. A selection of C3S grains were segmented and rendered with 3D-image processing software, which allowed the C3S grains to be clearly visualized and enabled statistically quantitative analysis. The results show that about 5% of the C3S grains have volumes larger than 1 μm3 and the average volume of the grains is 25 μm3. Pores can also be clearly seen in the biggest C3S grain, the volume of which is 3.6 × 104 μm3, and the mean volume and total volume of all the pores within this grain are 4.8 μm3 and 3.0 × 103 μm3, respectively. This work provides a new approach for the characterization of the 3D spatial structure of raw C3S materials, and the resulting 3D structure of the raw C3S is important for further systematic research on the relationships between the spatial microstructure and the hydration kinetics of C3S and other cement minerals.
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[3];
[4]
- Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering and Key Lab. of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials
- Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. College London (United Kingdom). London Center for Nanotechnology; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
- Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. College London (United Kingdom). London Center for Nanotechnology
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1459169
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-206807-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1944; MATEG9
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; 152221; 152243; 51102181; 18PJ1410400
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1944
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBFSEM); three-dimensional (3D) structure; porosity; tricalcium silicate (C3S)
Citation Formats
Yang, Fei, Liu, Xianping, Zhao, Yongjuan, Zhang, Yongming, Wang, Peiming, Robinson, Ian, and Chen, Bo. Investigation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) by Electron Microscopy. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.3390/ma11071110.
Yang, Fei, Liu, Xianping, Zhao, Yongjuan, Zhang, Yongming, Wang, Peiming, Robinson, Ian, & Chen, Bo. Investigation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) by Electron Microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11071110
Yang, Fei, Liu, Xianping, Zhao, Yongjuan, Zhang, Yongming, Wang, Peiming, Robinson, Ian, and Chen, Bo. Fri .
"Investigation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) by Electron Microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11071110. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1459169.
@article{osti_1459169,
title = {Investigation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure of Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) by Electron Microscopy},
author = {Yang, Fei and Liu, Xianping and Zhao, Yongjuan and Zhang, Yongming and Wang, Peiming and Robinson, Ian and Chen, Bo},
abstractNote = {A serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBFSEM) system, composed of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an ultra-microtome installed within the SEM vacuum chamber, has been used to characterize the three-dimensional (3D) microstructure of tricalcium silicate (C3S) grains embedded in epoxy resin. A selection of C3S grains were segmented and rendered with 3D-image processing software, which allowed the C3S grains to be clearly visualized and enabled statistically quantitative analysis. The results show that about 5% of the C3S grains have volumes larger than 1 μm3 and the average volume of the grains is 25 μm3. Pores can also be clearly seen in the biggest C3S grain, the volume of which is 3.6 × 104 μm3, and the mean volume and total volume of all the pores within this grain are 4.8 μm3 and 3.0 × 103 μm3, respectively. This work provides a new approach for the characterization of the 3D spatial structure of raw C3S materials, and the resulting 3D structure of the raw C3S is important for further systematic research on the relationships between the spatial microstructure and the hydration kinetics of C3S and other cement minerals.},
doi = {10.3390/ma11071110},
journal = {Materials},
number = 7,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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