Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 33, Issue 10, Pages 1561-1565Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00097-8
Keywords
clinker; aging; Ca3SiO5; Ca2SiO4; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We have used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to investigate both tricalcium silicate (Ca3SiO5, C3S) and beta-dicalcium silicate (Ca2SiO4, beta-C2S), the principal components of cement clinkers. In addition to showing how the two phases may be characterised and differentiated, we show how the sensitivity of these phases to atmospheric carbon dioxide and moisture may, as a result of improper sample preparation, lead to erroneous results. The observed alteration processes of the clinker minerals shed light upon the aging process of cement clinker during storage. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available