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Saturated Solutions of Anhydrous Phases in the System Lime‐Silica‐Water: Example of β‐C 2 S
Author(s) -
Barret Pierre,
Bertrandie Danielle
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1990.tb06481.x
Subject(s) - anhydrous , lime , supersaturation , saturation (graph theory) , hydrate , chemistry , mineralogy , inorganic chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , metallurgy , organic chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics , engineering
Saturated solutions rerely form when the anhydrous constituents of aluminous and portland cement are stirred in water or in lime solutions of increasing concentrations. Apart from monocalcium aluminate, concentration of ions in solution cannot exceed maximum supersaturation with respect to the hydrate most likely to precipitate. The present work shows such a behavior for β‐C 2 S suspended in water and in lime solutions at low concentration. In more concentrated lime solutions, a short lifetime saturation state with respect to β‐C 2 S seems to be reached.