Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 134, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106069
Keywords
Shotcrete; Limestone; Early hydration; Accelerator; Pore solution
Funding
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG (ASSpC Project) [871055]
- Austrian Society for Construction Technology OBV
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The early hydration of cementitious systems accelerated by an alkali-free aluminium sulphate based product was investigated in the presence and absence of fine limestone. The results show that the first seconds after the accelerator is added to the wet mix play a key role: Simultaneously to the massive ettringite formation, the Al-2(SO4)(3) accelerator favours the dissolution of the major cement clinker phase alite and thereby leads to an oversaturation of the pore solution with respect to calcium-aluminium-silicate-hydrates (C-A-S-H) and consequently the precipitation of nuclei of these phases. The surface of the limestone powder acts as an ideal substrate for these nuclei, which are the foundation for an outstanding early-strength-giving effect a few hours later.
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