Papers by Keyword: Dehydrated Cement Paste

Abstract: It is known that the hydration of cement paste is influenced by a variety of factors, it is also known that some hydration products are gradually dehydrated at elevated temperatures. In doing so, different author studied the dehydration of hydrated cement pastes under different condition. In this work, samples of Hydrated Cement Paste (HCP) were prepared from Portland cement of high initial strength (CP V-ARI) with a water/cement ratio of 0.5. The morphological changes during hydration and dehydration by subsequent heat-treatments were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) was used to study the thermal stability of the HCP. Dehydrated cement powder samples (DCP) were obtained heat treating samples of HCP at 300, 500, 700 and 900°C. After 7 days of curing HCP samples exhibited no significant changes in its structure. HCP dehydrated at 500°C showed the absence of Ca (OH)₂ and calcium silicate hydrate. At 700°C the formation of β-2CaO.SiO₂, 3CaO.SiO₂ and CaO is observed. During heat treatment at 900°C the HCP revealed a significant mass loss of 36%.

Abstract: This paper presents the rehydration performance of binary binders made with dehydrated cement paste (DCP) and phosphogypsum (GP). DCP was obtained by thermal treatment of hardened cement pastes in which the initial water to cement ratio was 0.5. DCP we mixed with phosphogypsum (PG) to prepare the binary binders . The effect of PG on the physical and mechanical properties of the binary binders was investigated. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to indentify the structural characteristics of the rehydration products. The results showed that the setting time was prolonged and the compressive strength increased slightly by mixing DCP with PG. Microstructural observations indicated that an remarkable amount of ettringite intergrows with the hydrated calcium silicate to form a network structure. Thus, the addition of phosphogypsum can not only utilize the industrial by-product, but enhances the hydraulic properties of the DCP.