SOTIRIADIS, K., M. HLOBIL, A. VIANI, P. MACOVA and M. VOPALENSKY. Physical-chemical-mechanical quantitative assessment of the microstructural evolution in Portland-limestone cement pastes exposed to magnesium sulfate attack at low temperature. Cement and Concrete Research. OXFORD: Elsevier Ltd, 2021, vol. 149, NOV, p. 106566-106581. ISSN 0008-8846. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2021.106566.
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Original name Physical-chemical-mechanical quantitative assessment of the microstructural evolution in Portland-limestone cement pastes exposed to magnesium sulfate attack at low temperature
Authors SOTIRIADIS, K., M. HLOBIL, A. VIANI, P. MACOVA and M. VOPALENSKY.
Edition Cement and Concrete Research, OXFORD, Elsevier Ltd, 2021, 0008-8846.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 20500 2.5 Materials engineering
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 11.958
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/21:00124437
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2021.106566
UT WoS 000713249700008
Keywords in English Thaumasite sulfate attack; X-ray micro-computed tomography; Solid state NMR spectroscopy; Nanoindentation; Thermodynamic modelling
Tags CF NMR, ne MU, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 23/3/2022 11:54.
Abstract
The changes in structural integrity and microstructure of Portland-limestone cement pastes were investigated in the course of magnesium sulfate attack at low temperature. A deterioration front, consisting of three distinct layers (brucite, gypsum, leached cement matrix), swelled in time due to the expansive nature of the deterioration products, generating cracks and subsequently detaching from the sound cement matrix, continuously promoting the process. Gypsum and thaumasite characterized the leached matrix, which experienced extensive cross-linking of the aluminosilicate structures, as a result of decalcification and dealumination of the calcium silicate hydrates (C-(A-)S-H), impairing the overall mechanical performance. C-S-H of low packing density was most severely affected by the process, as confirmed by the significant drop in nano-mechanical properties. The increased rate of deterioration with limestone content was tentatively attributed to the prevalent morphology of the C-S-H phase. Results were validated by thermodynamic simulations, indicating that the real systems did not reach equilibrium.
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