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Optimization of the content of tricalcium silicate of high cementing clinker

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Optimization of the content of tricalcium silicate (C3S) of high cementing clinker was investigated. The content of free-CaO(f-CaO), mineral composite, the content of C3S in the clinker and the hydration product were analyzed by chemical analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD). “K Value” method of QXRD was selected as a quantitative analysis way to measure the content of C3S, and the strength of cement paste was determined. The results show that at a water cement ratio of 0.29, the strength of cement paste with 73% C3S can be up to 97.5 MPa at 28 days age. The strength at 28 d of cement with 73% C3S is 16% higher than that with 78% C3S at water requirement for normal consistency. The relationship between the strength of high cementing Portland cement and the content of C3S in the clinker is nonlinear. According to the strength of cement paste, the optimal content of C3S in cement clinker is around 73% in this paper.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Lin Chen  (陈琳), Xiaodong Shen  (沈晓冬), Suhua Ma, Yeping Huang & Baiqian Zhong

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Technical Vocational College, Nanjing, 210019, China

    Lin Chen  (陈琳)

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Funded by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2009CB623100), National Eleventh Five-Year Scientific and Technical Support Plans (No.2006BAF02A24), Natural Science Fund for Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province(No.08KJB430006), Open Fund for the Key Laboratory of Inorganical and Composite Materials in Jiangsu Province(No. wjjqfhxc1200801) and Innovation Fund of Doctoral Dissertation of Nanjing University of Technology (No.BSCX200705)

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Chen, L., Shen, X., Ma, S. et al. Optimization of the content of tricalcium silicate of high cementing clinker. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 26, 578–582 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-011-0271-8

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