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In this paper, the paste workability and hydration progress of blended cements containing different calcined illitic clays were studied. For blended cements with different replacement percentages, the particle packing, the water film thickness (WFT) and the flow spread was modelled and measured. Results indicate that blended cement with ground illitic calcined clays maintain or reduce the packing, so the flow spread of blended cement pastes decrease when the replacement percentage increases. For blended cements with 25% of calcined illitic clay, the early hydration was described by the calorimetric curve, and later the hydration products were analysed by XRD and TG analysis and the pore size distribution (MIP) at 2, 7, 28 and 91 days. Finally, the performance of blended cements was evaluated by the compressive strength. For blended cements, the hydration products are similar to that corresponding to ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and it also produce a pore size refinement that improve the compressive strength at later age.
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Marchetti, G. et al. (2018). Blended Cements with Calcined Illitic Clay: Workability and Hydration. In: Martirena, F., Favier, A., Scrivener, K. (eds) Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete. RILEM Bookseries, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1207-9_50
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