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Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies of Portland Cement and Cement Compounds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

R. Berliner
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center and Physics Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
C. Ball
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center and Physics Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Presbury B. West
Affiliation:
Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., 5420 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077-1030
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Abstract

Neutron powder diffraction data from phase-pure cement compounds has been used to develop structural models suitable for profile refinement of cements. These models were then applied to the determination of cement compound phase abundance in clinkers. This paper reports on the results of clinker phase analysis by powder neutron diffraction and summarizes the results of the refinements of neutron diffraction data from phase-pure cement compounds. The profile refinements provide generally good agreement with cement compound phase abundance measurements of NIST reference clinker specimens by chemical, optical and X-ray methods.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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