Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 817-826Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.12.007
Keywords
cement; hydration; NMR spectroscopy; curing; polymers
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Internal post-curing of hardening cement pastes by addition of alginate spheres, which contain 98% of water, is studied by non-destructive H-1 NMR measurements of transverse relaxation time and self-diffusion. The onset and amount of water transition from the alginate gel used as additive with temporary delayed release of water to cement pastes was observed continuously during the dormant and accelerated period of cement hydration. During hydration, the water transition from the alginate into the cement matrix as well as the development of pore size is monitored quantitatively by studying the time dependence of characteristic peaks in the transverse relaxation time distribution. Comparison between samples without and with internal post curing shows that the addition of alginate gel does not influence the pore size in the micropore region. NMR diffusion studies demonstrate that the physically bound pore water has sufficient mobility to ensure homogeneous distribution of water from the alginate source into the surrounding cement matrix during the dormant and accelerated period. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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