Hydration of Clinker Phases in Portland Cement in the Presence of Graphene Oxide
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 2
Abstract
A new perspective on the hydration process of graphene oxide (GO)/cement composites is provided in this paper. The quantitative evaluation of GO on the hydration of four minerals and the dissolution sequence of the four minerals were determined through thermodynamic calculation and quantitative results of solid phases. GO promoted the driving force for dissolution of , , , and , evidenced from thermodynamic calculations. Quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis proved that GO tended to preferentially affect the hydration of and rather than and before 2 h of hydration. The amounts of the phase consumption and formation of hydration products increased with the addition of GO. The nitrogen adsorption/desorption test confirmed that the gel pore volume was increased in the presence of GO. The improvement of hydration degree was confirmed by magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR). A slight increase of ratio and the main chain length in calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel can be found in GO-containing systems, which is different from that in pure systems, and needs further study.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51438003).
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