RT Conference Proceedings T1 Clinkering and early age hydration characterization of Belite-Alite Calcium Sulfoaluminate (BACSA) cements A1 Londono-Zuluaga, Diana A1 Álvarez-Pinazo, Gema A1 Tobón, Jorge Iván A1 García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel A1 Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel A1 Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles K1 Cemento AB In this work, four BACSA clinkers with different compositions (belite ~ 70-55 wt %, alite ~ 10-15 wt % and ye’elimite ~ 10-15 wt %) were synthesized (at laboratory scale). Lime, gypsum, kaolin and sand were used as raw materials and clinkering temperatures from 1280 to 1300 ºC were studied. Every BACSA clinker was chemically and mineralogically characterized through X-ray fluorescence and laboratory X-ray powder diffraction (LXRPD), the latter in combination with the Rietveld methodology to obtain the full phase assemblage including amorphous contents. The clinker with the targeted composition (belite ~ wt 60 %, alite ~ 13 wt % and ye’elimite ~ 10 wt %) was chosen to perform the scaling-up (5 kg). To do so, the processing parameters (milling time and clinkering conditions) have been optimized.Finally, the hydration of the corresponding BACSA cement pastes (prepared with the scaled-up clinker and gypsum) was studied through rheological measurements (at very early hydration time), calorimetry and impedance spectroscopy (first 24 h), and LXRPD in combination with the Rietveld methodology and G-factor method, at 1 and 7 hydration days to determine degree of hydration. YR 2015 FD 2015-10-26 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10585 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10585 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026