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Only calcium silicates contribute to the strength. Tricalcium silicate is responsible for most of the early strength (first 7 days). [3] Dicalcium silicate, which reacts more slowly, only contributes to late strength. Calcium silicate hydrate (also shown as C-S-H) is a result of the reaction between the silicate phases of Portland cement and water.
Calcium-silicate passive fire protection board being clad around steel structure in order to achieve a fire-resistance rating. Calcium silicate is commonly used as a safe alternative to asbestos for high-temperature insulation materials. Industrial-grade piping and equipment insulation is often fabricated from calcium silicate.
The hydrate is referred to as the calcium silicate hydrate – "C-S-H-" – phase. It grows as a mass of interlocking needles that provide the strength of the hydrated cement system. High alite reactivity is desirable in Portland cement manufacture, and this is achieved by retaining, as far as possible, high temperature polymorphs, in crystals ...
Calcium silicate hydrate: C-A-H: Phase more complex than C-S-H: Calcium aluminate hydrate C-A-S-H: This is even more complex than C-S-H and C-A-H: Calcium aluminate silicate hydrate AFt: C 6 A S 3 H 32, sometimes with substitution of Fe for Al, and/or CO 2− 3 for SO 2− 4: Calcium trisulfoaluminate hydrate, or ettringite: AFm
Cement hydration and strength development mainly depend on two silicate phases: tricalcium silicate (C 3 S) , and dicalcium silicate (C 2 S) . [1] Upon hydration, the main reaction products are calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) and calcium hydroxide Ca(OH) 2, written as CH in the cement chemist notation. C-S-H is the phase playing the role of ...
Tobermorite is a calcium silicate hydrate mineral with chemical formula: Ca 5 Si 6 O 16 (OH) 2 ·4H 2 O or Ca 5 Si 6 (O,OH) 18 ·5H 2 O. Two structural varieties are distinguished: tobermorite-11 Å and tobermorite-14 Å. Tobermorite occurs in hydrated cement paste and can be found in nature as an alteration mineral in metamorphosed limestone ...
Gyrolite is also mentioned as a rare calcium silicate hydrate phase in cement chemistry textbooks [6] [7] with a simplified formulation: Ca 8 (Si 4 O 10) 3 (OH) 4 · ~6 H 2 O, which is consistent with the general formulation given here above, but does not consider the isomorphic substitution of one silicon atom by one aluminum and one sodium ...
Thaumasite is a calcium silicate mineral, containing Si atoms in unusual octahedral configuration, with chemical formula Ca 3 Si(OH) 6 (C O 3)(SO 4)·12H 2 O, also sometimes more simply written as CaSiO 3 ·CaCO 3 ·CaSO 4 ·15H 2 O. It occurs as colorless to white prismatic hexagonal crystals, typically as acicular radiating groups. It also ...