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The hydration characteristics of pre-cast concrete considering the effects of effective initial steam-curing and water-curing duration were measured and analyzed with XRD, TG, X-ray CT, SEM-BSE and MIP techniques. The results show that the effective initial steam-curing duration for pre-cast concrete with lower water-binder ratio was 10–14 h at 50 °C and the initial water-curing duration was 7–14 d. And the hydration evolution of cement, fly ash and slag in pre-cast concrete was obtained respectively by combining the hydrochlorides and EDTA selecting dissolution methods, based on which the contents of hydrated and anhydrate in concrete were calculated and the corresponding dynamic capillary porosity was also determined. Moreover, the comparison between calculated results and experimental ones indicates that the proposed evolution models of microscopic characteristics corresponding to hydration kinetics of cemented materials could be adopted to predict the developing trend of capillary porosity and hydration-products content in pre-cast concrete with fly ash and slag under certain curing conditions.
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Foundation item: Project(51308308) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(LQ12E08002) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China; Project(2012A610159) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo City, China; Projects(XKL11D2081, zj1113) Subject Program of Ningbo University, China; Project(2010R50034) supported by the Key Science and Technology Innovation Team Program of Zhejiang Province, China; Project supported by K.C Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University
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Ba, Mf., Qian, Cx. Hydration evolution of pre-cast concrete with steam and water curing. J. Cent. South Univ. 20, 2870–2878 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-013-1808-0
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