New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives

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Autoren

  • Benjamin Madeja
  • Denis Gebauer
  • Maximilian R. Marsiske
  • Andreas Ott
  • Markus Rückel
  • Rose Rosenberg
  • Annet Baken
  • Tomasz M. Stawski
  • Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez
  • Alexander E.S. Van Driessche
  • Helmut Cölfen
  • Matthias Kellermeier

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Externe Organisationen

  • Universität Konstanz
  • BASF SE
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  • Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
  • Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer107258
FachzeitschriftCement and concrete research
Jahrgang173
Frühes Online-Datum17 Juli 2023
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2023

Abstract

The crystallization of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2, CH, portlandite) is a key process during the early stages of cement hydration. In the present work, we have revisited the formation of this mineral through nucleation and growth from supersaturated aqueous solutions, in the light of the currently emerging picture of multistage “non-classical” crystallization. To that end, we developed a titration-based assay, in which stock solutions of both relevant ions are added simultaneously into a reservoir, where supersaturation increases slowly at constant stoichiometry until nucleation occurs. This procedure allows both pre- and early post-nucleation phenomena to be analyzed quantitatively. Complementarily, the early stages of portlandite mineralization were probed by various advanced characterization techniques, including cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), in-situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of high-energy X-ray scattering (HEXS) data, and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC). The experimental data show that the formation of calcium hydroxide starts with the association of ions into complexes and clusters, which subsequently coalesce to form amorphous nanoparticles – much like what has been observed in the case of calcium carbonate and other prominent minerals. Subsequently, these particles aggregate and build networks, which eventually transform into hexagonal Ca(OH)2 crystals. The presence of a soluble polycarboxylate – as a known inhibitor of portlandite crystallization – does not change the main characteristics of this multistep nucleation pathway, but it proved capable of significantly extending the lifetime of the amorphous intermediate phase and thus delaying the transition to the final crystalline phase. Our observations confirm the notion that “non-classical” crystallization is a much more common phenomenon than initially believed – and that, for minerals forming in aqueous environments, it may actually be the rule rather than the exception.

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New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives. / Madeja, Benjamin; Gebauer, Denis; Marsiske, Maximilian R. et al.
in: Cement and concrete research, Jahrgang 173, 107258, 11.2023.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Madeja, B, Gebauer, D, Marsiske, MR, Ott, A, Rückel, M, Rosenberg, R, Baken, A, Stawski, TM, Fernandez-Martinez, A, Van Driessche, AES, Cölfen, H & Kellermeier, M 2023, 'New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives', Cement and concrete research, Jg. 173, 107258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2023.107258
Madeja, B., Gebauer, D., Marsiske, M. R., Ott, A., Rückel, M., Rosenberg, R., Baken, A., Stawski, T. M., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Van Driessche, A. E. S., Cölfen, H., & Kellermeier, M. (2023). New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives. Cement and concrete research, 173, Artikel 107258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2023.107258
Madeja B, Gebauer D, Marsiske MR, Ott A, Rückel M, Rosenberg R et al. New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives. Cement and concrete research. 2023 Nov;173:107258. Epub 2023 Jul 17. doi: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2023.107258
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