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Rheological performance and hydration kinetics of lithium slag-cement binder in the function of sodium sulfate

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Effects of Na2SO4 on rheological performance and hydration kinetics of lithium slag (LS) binder were investigated. Results showed that Na2SO4 impaired the viscosity property of LS-cement binder. Increased dosage of Na2SO4 led to increased consistency coefficient (K) and declined flow behavior index (n), indicating enhanced viscosity and reduced flow behavior of LS-cement binder in the function of Na2SO4. A high amount of Na2SO4 led to a relatively high hydration degree during the transformation process of NG to I and the transformation process of I to D. Increased dosage of Na2SO4 led to the raised value of KA–B, higher hydration peak ((dQ/dt)C), and decreased value of n, referring to enhanced nucleation rate of C–S–H, increased total nuclei number at the early acceleration stage. Na2SO4 advanced the hydration of LS-cement binder, shortened introduction period, advanced acceleration period, and accelerated hydration process with enhanced formation of C–S–H and AFt, which contributed to compacter matrix with denser microstructure and higher mechanical strength.

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The authors acknowledge the support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (51808369, 51890911), CRSRI Open Research Program (CKWV20221020/KY), Jiangsu graduate Innovation Project (SJCX22_1577, SJCX23_1722).

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    Yan He, Chunyang You & Mingjing Jiang

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    Shuhua Liu

  3. Jiangsu Technology Industrialization and Research Center of Ecological Road Engineering, Suzhou, 215011, China

    Junan Shen

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S1A4, Canada

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YH was contributed to formal analysis, investigation, methodology, writing—original draft. CY was contributed to writing—review, software, Methodology. MJ was contributed to supervision, methodology, conceptualization. SL was contributed to conceptualization, supervision, methodology. JS was contributed to resources, supervision. RDH was contributed to resources.

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He, Y., You, C., Jiang, M. et al. Rheological performance and hydration kinetics of lithium slag-cement binder in the function of sodium sulfate. J Therm Anal Calorim 148, 11653–11668 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12531-4

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