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Quantitative phase analysis and microstructural characterization of Portland cement blends with diatomite waste using the Rietveld method

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This paper aims at giving new insights into the impacts of the particle sizes of diatomite waste on the hydration properties of Portland cement from the perspective of quantitative analysis using Rietveld refinements method. XRD identification coupled with Rietveld quantitative phase analysis, as well as isothermal calorimetry and SEM observation, was performed. The results show that the cement hydration during the induction period does not show any significant differences with the decrease in the sizes of the diatomite waste particles; however, hydration during the acceleration period was significantly enhanced. Finer diatomite waste particles (d50 < 1070.9 nm) result in a significant increase in the amounts of ettringite (AFt) and calcium hydroxide (CH) during acceleration period of the cement. Moreover, diatomite waste incorporation contributes to accelerate the early formation of monosulfate (AFm); however, the formation of the AFm was not favorable as the sizes of the diatomite waste particles decrease. The improvement on the hydration of the Portland cement was largely affected by the particle sizes effects of the diatomite waste at the very early stage, and then by the reactivity of diatomite waste at the later stage.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51902212), the Key Projects of the National 13th Five-Year (No. 2018YFD1101001), Top young talents in Liaoning Province (No. XLYC1807096) as well as Young and middle-aged science and technology innovation talent support program from Shenyang (No. RC190374), and Innovation team of colleges and universities in Liaoning Province (LT2019012).

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    Runqing Liu, Yuanquan Yang & Bo Pang

  2. School of Architecture, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, China

    Xingke Zhao

  3. Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Yuanquan Yang & Bo Pang

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Liu, R., Yang, Y., Zhao, X. et al. Quantitative phase analysis and microstructural characterization of Portland cement blends with diatomite waste using the Rietveld method. J Mater Sci 56, 1242–1254 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05429-1

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