Li, H.
, Fratini, E.
, Ridi, F.
, Bausi, F.
, Baglioni, P.
, Tyagi, M.
and Chen, S.
(2012),
Dynamics of Hydration Water in Portland Cement with and without a Superplasticizer Studied by High-Resolution Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908014
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Dynamics of Hydration Water in Portland Cement with and without a Superplasticizer Studied by High-Resolution Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering
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Hua Li, Emiliano Fratini, Francesca Ridi, Francesco Bausi, Piero Baglioni, , Sow-Hsin Chen
Abstract
The influence of a new comb-shaped polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer (CSSP) on the hydration kinetics and transport properties of aged cement pastes has been investigated by high-resolution Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering (QENS) and low temperature differential scanning calorimetry (LT-DSC). We propose a new and improved method of analysis of QENS spectra and are able to extract four independent physical parameters including the self-diffusion coefficient of the hydration water. In addition we find a dynamic crossover temperature in hydration water of all the studied aged cement pastes. The experimental results indicate that CSSP polymer added into cement paste moderates the hydration process and has appreciable effects of smoothing out the aging process and of lowering the dynamic crossover temperature of the hydration water.Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume
24
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
water, cement, neutron scattering
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Created January 24, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021