Retardation effect of superplasticizer on different cement fractions |
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Authors: | Pierre-Claude Aïtcin Shondeep L Sarkar M Regourd D Volant |
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Affiliation: | a Faculty of Applied Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada b CERILH, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | Cement hydration is a complex chemical process strongly influenced by the proportions of the various minerals present in the cement, admixtures, and the size of the cement particles. In this note, it is shows that naphthalene based superplasticizer, used at high dosage, does not affect the total heat of hydration but retards the hydration process of portland cement. This retardation, however, is most effective on the medium size fraction of the cement (4 – 30 μm in our case). The superplasticizer does not affect the hydration of the fine fraction (< 4 μm) to that extent due to its richer concentration of SO3 and alkalies. The coarse fraction of the cement (30 – 72 μm) does not participate (with or without superplasticizer) in the heat evolution process. |
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