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Incorporation of AlCl3 and As2O3 in Composite Cement Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

J Hill  and
J H Sharp
J Hill
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
J H Sharp
Affiliation:
Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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Abstract

As part of an investigation into the consequences of adding inorganic metal salts to composite cements, based on blastfurnace slag (BFS) and pulverised fuel ash (PFA), the effect on the hydration behaviour of adding AlCl3 or As2O3 to the mix water of a number of cementitious systems was investigated using isothermal conduction calorimetry (ICC) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). Four cement systems were investigated; ordinary Portland cement (OPC), 3:1 BFS: OPC, 9:1 BFS:OPC and 3:1 PFA:OPC. AlCl3·7H2O and As2O3 were added to the mix water at 0.1% and 1% concentrations. Results from ICC indicated that the addition of As2O3 had very little effect on the setting and early hydration of any of the cements. AlCl3, however, inhibited the setting of the composite cements at the 1% addition level but accelerated the OPC at 0.1%. The expected hydration products were observed, with the additional observation of Friedel's salt in the presence of aluminium chloride additions and vaterite in both the aluminium and arsenic-containing systems after 180 days hydration.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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