Hydration Products and Reactivity of Blast Furnace Slag Activated by various Alkalis
J.I. Escalante-García; A.F. Fuentes; A.V. Gorokhovsky; P.E. Fraire-Luna; G. Mendoza-Suarez. Hydration Products and Reactivity of Blast Furnace Slag Activated by various Alkalis. Journal of the American Ceramic Society (ISSN: 0002-7820). 2003, Vol. 86, p. 2148-2003.
Pastes of blast-furnace slag were cured for up to 90 d using sodium silicate (waterglass), NaOH, and three different mixtures of Na2CO3–Na2SO4–Ca(OH)2 to activate reactions. The highest
slag reactivity was observed for NaOH activation and the least for waterglass, although nonevaporable water indicated similar amounts of hydration products formed. The main hydration
products found using X-ray diffractometry in all systems were calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) and a hydrotalcite-type phase. Microanalysis was performed on pastes activated using 50% Na2CO3-25% Na2SO4-25% Ca(OH)2, NaOH, and waterglass; the chemical composition of the C-S-H in the waterglass case was different relative to the other two alkalis. For all alkaline agents
used, the C-S-H seemed finely intermixed with a hydrotalcitetype phase of Mg/Al = 1.82, on average
Pastes of blast-furnace slag were cured for up to 90 d using sodium silicate (waterglass), NaOH, and three different mixtures of Na2CO3–Na2SO4–Ca(OH)2 to activate reactions. The highest
slag reactivity was observed for NaOH activation and the least for waterglass, although nonevaporable water indicated similar amounts of hydration products formed. The main hydration
products found using X-ray diffractometry in all systems were calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) and a hydrotalcite-type phase. Microanalysis was performed on pastes activated using 50% Na2CO3-25% Na2SO4-25% Ca(OH)2, NaOH, and waterglass; the chemical composition of the C-S-H in the waterglass case was different relative to the other two alkalis. For all alkaline agents
used, the C-S-H seemed finely intermixed with a hydrotalcitetype phase of Mg/Al = 1.82, on average