Journal
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
Volume 45, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103577
Keywords
Cement hydration; Carbonate; Phosphate; Amorphous calcium phosphate; Crystal
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51772227]
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology) [SYSJJ2020-06]
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This study found that sodium carbonate and sodium phosphate have different effects on the hydration of cement based on the structure of the precipitates formed, where calcium carbonate precipitate accelerated cement hydration while calcium phosphate precipitate retarded it. The composition and structure of the precipitates were responsible for these effects, with calcium carbonate providing interspace for easier ion dissolution and calcium phosphate forming a more compact layer structure that hindered the transport of water molecules and ions.
Both sodium carbonate (NC) and sodium phosphate (NP) could immediately precipitate in the presence of calcium ions (Ca2+), and these precipitates would deposit on the surface of cement as one layer in cement paste. However, these precipitates have different effects on the hydration of cement. In this study, effect of NC and NP on cement hydration was discussed, and the different effect between these two was investigated. Setting time, hydration heat, conductivity of cement suspension, and compressive strength of cement paste were examined, and the hydrates were analyzed with XRD and TG-DTG. The precipitates synthesized in saturated calcium hydroxide solution were characterized with XRD, TEM, and SEM. Then one model was proposed to illustrate the mechanism of the effect of NC and NP on cement hydration. The results indicated that NC accelerated cement hydration, but NP retarded it. And the results of TEM and SEM showed that calcium carbonate (the precipitate formed by NC and Ca2+)) could well crystalize with directional growth, there is a large amount of interspace in the calcium carbonate-based layer, which would benefit the transports of water molecules and dissolved ions. However, the calcium phosphate precipitate (the precipitate formed by NP and Ca2+)) seemed to have a large amount of amorphous structure with a much more compact layer structure than calcium carbonate. The difference in composition and structure of the layer was responsible for the effect of NC and NP on cement hydration. The mechanism behind accelerating effect of NC was due to the interspace in the calcium carbonate based layer which facilitated the ion dissolution of system, while that for retarding effect of NP was because the calcium phosphate-based layer formed on the surface of cement grains seemed compact enough to restrict the transports of water molecules and dissolved ions. Such consequences were expected to give deeper insight into the effect of the surficial structure of cement grains on early hydration of cement paste.
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