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The hydration of tricalcium silicate

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Evidence on the mechanism and products of tricalcium silicate hydration is summarized, and present-day interpretations of that evidence critically discussed, partly with a view to supplying a basis for mathematical modeling of the hydration process. There is general agreement on many, broad features of the reaction and its products, and it should be possible to express many of the proposed hypotheses in mathematical form. Uncertainties nevertheless remain about many questions that are of essential importance if kinetic equations based on an unequivocal understanding of the mechanism are to be formulated. The paper concludes with a list of these questions.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

    H. F. W. Taylor (Chairman)

  2. Laboratoire de Recherches sur la Réactivité des Solides, University of Dijon, France

    P. Barret

  3. Center for Building Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, USA

    P. W. Brown

  4. Department of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford, UK

    D. D. Double

  5. Center for Building Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, USA

    G. Frohnsdorff

  6. F. L. Smidth & Co. A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

    V. Johansen

  7. Laboratoire de Recherches sur la Réactivité des Solides, University of Dijon, France

    D. Ménétrier-Sorrentino

  8. Dept. of Ceramics and building Materials, Technical University Clausthal, Germany

    I. Odler

  9. Cement and Concrete Association, Slough, UK

    L. J. Parrott

  10. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

    J. M. Pommersheim

  11. Centre de Recherches Lafarge Coppée, Trappes, France

    M. Regourd

  12. Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    J. F. Young

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Taylor, H.F.W., Barret, P., Brown, P.W. et al. The hydration of tricalcium silicate. Mat. Constr. 17, 457–468 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02473986

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