Brand, A.
, Gorham, J.
and Bullard, J.
(2019),
A Digital Holographic Microscopy Study of Beta-Dicalcium Silicate Dissolution Kinetics in Water, Cement and Concrete Research, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.02.014
(Accessed October 23, 2025)
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A Digital Holographic Microscopy Study of Beta-Dicalcium Silicate Dissolution Kinetics in Water
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Alexander S. Brand, ,
Abstract
The surface normal dissolution flux of beta dicalcium silicate is quantified using in situ digital holographic microscopy. The dissolution flux in flowing solutions depends on the water activity to an empirically determined power of 1.7. The heterogeneous distribution of reactive surface sites (e.g., crystalline defects) at the surface leads to a distribution of local fluxes. Accounting for the nominally non-reactive and slowly reactive surface sites, the median of the macroscopic dissolution flux distribution is -0.64 μmol m-2 s-1. Ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates that the calcium-to-silicon ratio reduced by 10 % after dissolution has occurred.Citation
Cement and Concrete Research
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118
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Journals
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Keywords
kinetics, Ca2SiO4, digital holographic microscopy, dissolution
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Created March 9, 2019, Updated October 12, 2021