Calcium silicate hydrate(C-S-H) with Ca/Si ratio 1.0 was prepared via precipitation in solution and heated at various temperatures to investigate its dehydration behavior. The dehydration, structural collapse and recrystallization characteristics of C-S-H and its microstructural change during heating process were investigated by XRD, SEM, Raman and TG-DSC techniques. C-S-H gradually lost non-evaporable water upon heating, about 50% and 80% non-evaporable water was removed below 200 and 400 ℃, respectively, and the rest was removed up to about 1 000 ℃. At 400 ℃, dehydrated C-S-H exhibited the increasing disordering of calcium/silicon environment and the decreasing symmetrical bending vibration of Si-O-Si of Q^2 silicate chains. At 650 ℃ non-bridging oxygen atoms(O_(non)) attached to silicon were almost removed, and significant structural change occurred, and at 815 ℃ C-S-H dehydrated to wollastonite.
Composition, morphology, and structure of hydration products in hardened pastes of three kinds of blended cement(cement-silica fume, cement-quartz powder and cement-silica fume-quartz powder) hydrated under different curing regimes(standard curing, 90 ℃ steam curing, 200 ℃ and 250 ℃ autoclave curing) were investigated by X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscope equipped with EDAX system. Results showed that the main hydration products in three kinds of hardened pastes under standard curing condition are all C-S-H gels, CH, and AFt. Under 90 ℃ steam curing condition, the main hydration products of cement-silica fume and cement-silica fume-quartz powder are C-S-H gels, whereas those of cement-quartz powder are C-S-H and CH. Under 200 or 250 ℃ autoclave curing condition, no obvious crystallized CH phase is found in hardened pastes of three kinds of blended cement, and C-S-H gels are transformed into one or more crystalline phases such as tobermorite, jennite, and xonotlite. The chemical composition and morphology of these crystalline phases depend on the composition of mixture and autoclave temperature.
The structure characteristics of hydrated calcium silicate synthesized by solution reaction method with the existing of water soluble polymer polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)are investigated.Using Na 2 SO 3 and Ca(NO 3 ) 2 as the main raw materials,in the condition of 2%(in weight)addition of PVA and the water to solid ratio of 20,hydrated calcium silicate samples(Ca/Si=1.0 and 1.5)were prepared with 60℃water bath.IR,BET,XRD and SEM methods were used to study the microstructure of the hydration products.The results showed that the addition of water soluble PVA did not alter obviously the amorphous structure characteristic of hydrated calcium silicate,but it had effects on the polymerization status of Si-O chain and the pore structure.The effects are somewhat obvious in the samples with the Ca/Si of 1.0.
The samples of the C-S-H series were synthesized by hydrothermal reaction of fumed silica, CaO and deionized water at initial C/S ratios between 1.0-1.7. Phase composition and structural and morphology characteristics of C-S-H samples were analyzed by XRD, IR and SEM. The experimental results showed that the d-spacing of (002), (110) and (020) decreased, the d-spacing of (200) increased, and the d-spacing of (310) varied randomly, the polymerization of silica tetrahedra of C-S-H decreased, and morphology of C-S-H samples varied from sheet shapes to long reticular fibers as C/S ratio increased.
