The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste

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  • J. Link
  • T. Sowoidnich
  • C. Pfitzner
  • T. Gil-Diaz
  • F. Heberling
  • J. Lützenkirchen
  • T. Schäfer
  • H.-M. Ludwig
  • M. Haist

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  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Original languageEnglish
Article number1853
JournalMATERIALS
Volume13
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2020

Abstract

The rheological properties of fresh cement paste are highly influenced by a large number of parameters, among which the most important factors are the applied shear stress, and the shear history, the age of the sample and the temperature. The effects of these parameters on the yield stress (designated as structural limit stress in this work), the viscosity and the structural recovery rate (i.e., the change in dynamic viscosity with time at rest) were studied. In parallel, the changes in ion composition of the carrier liquid, mineral phase content and granulometry were investigated. The results reveal that all investigated rheological parameters exhibit an approximated bi-linear trend with respect to the degree of hydration, with a period of quasi-constant properties until a degree of hydration of approximately 0.07, followed by a non-linear increase. This increase could be attributed to the formation of calcium hydroxide (CH) and calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) via calorimetry results. With regard to the effect of the shear history of the sample on the rheological properties, the structural limit stress showed a minor dependency on the shear history immediately after the end of shearing, which, however, vanished within the first minute at rest. The same is true for the structural recovery rate. The presented results give detailed insights into the influences of hydration and shear on the rheological properties-especially the thixotropy-of fresh cement pastes.

Keywords

    Cement paste, Hydration, Opus fluidum futurum, Rheology, Thixotropy

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The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste. / Link, J.; Sowoidnich, T.; Pfitzner, C. et al.
In: MATERIALS, Vol. 13, No. 8, 1853, 02.04.2020.

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Link, J, Sowoidnich, T, Pfitzner, C, Gil-Diaz, T, Heberling, F, Lützenkirchen, J, Schäfer, T, Ludwig, H-M & Haist, M 2020, 'The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste', MATERIALS, vol. 13, no. 8, 1853. https://doi.org/10.3390/MA13081853
Link, J., Sowoidnich, T., Pfitzner, C., Gil-Diaz, T., Heberling, F., Lützenkirchen, J., Schäfer, T., Ludwig, H.-M., & Haist, M. (2020). The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste. MATERIALS, 13(8), Article 1853. https://doi.org/10.3390/MA13081853
Link J, Sowoidnich T, Pfitzner C, Gil-Diaz T, Heberling F, Lützenkirchen J et al. The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste. MATERIALS. 2020 Apr 2;13(8):1853. doi: 10.3390/MA13081853
Link, J. ; Sowoidnich, T. ; Pfitzner, C. et al. / The influences of cement hydration and temperature on the thixotropy of cement paste. In: MATERIALS. 2020 ; Vol. 13, No. 8.
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