A study on the hydration of Portland limestone cement by means of TG
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Souvaridou, A
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Kakali, G
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Tsivilis, S
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Chaniotakis, E
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Subject of this paper is to investigate the hydration process of Portland limestone cement containing 10-35% limestone. Cements, produced by co-grinding of clinker, limestone and gypsum, were hydrated for periods 6 h to 28 d and were studied by means of TG and XRD. The Ca(OH)(2) content of the cements containing limestone is higher than in pure cements, specifically for 10% limestone content and ages more than 1 day. These results are in accordance with the strength development of the studied cements. In earlier ages the Ca(OH)a content is slightly lower in the limestone cements and independent of the limestone content. After 1 day curing, the increase of limestone addition causes a relative increase: of the non evaporable water. The XRD patterns indicated the presence of carboalummates in the hydrated limestone cements.
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