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4D nanoimaging of early age cement hydration.
Shirani, Shiva; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Díaz, Ana; Trtik, Pavel; Holler, Mirko; Rack, Alexander; Lukic, Bratislav; Brun, Emmanuel; Salcedo, Inés R.; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Springer Nature, 2023-05-08)Despite a century of research, our understanding of cement dissolution and precipitation processes at early ages is very limited. This is due to the lack of methods that can image these processes with enough spatial ... -
Activation of LC3 binders by C-S-H nucleation seeding with a new tailored admixture for low-carbon cements.
Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Mazanec, Oliver; Dalla-Libera, Alessandro; Dhers, Sebastien; Schwesig, Peter; Borralleras, Pere; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Ernst & Sohn GmbH, 2023-12-06)The use of supplementary cementitious materials is currently the most favorable strategy for reducing CO2 emissions in cements. Limestone Calcined Clay Cements, LC3, are a type of cement that allows the reduction of CO2 ... -
Activation of LC3 binders by C-S-H nucleation seeding with a new tailored admixture for low-carbon cements.
Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Manzanec, Oliver; Dalla-Libera, Alessandro; Dhers, Sebastien; Schwesig, Peter; Borralleras, Pere; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2023)The use of supplementary cementitious materials is currently the most favorable strategy for reducing CO2 emissions in cements. Limestone Calcined Clay Cements, LC3, are a type of cement that allows the reduction of CO2 ... -
Activation of LC3 low-carbon cements by C-S-H seeding.
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Mazanec, Oliver; Dalla-Libera, Alessandro; Dhers, Sebastien; Schwesig, Peter; Borralleras, Pere; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2023)Portland-based Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC3) are attracting a lot of the attention from scholars and field applications due to the reduction in CO2 emissions. However, their low mechanical strengths at early ages ... -
ANALYSIS OF BUILDING MATERIALS BY SYNCHROTRON X-RAY IMAGING
Shirani, Shiva; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (-, 2021-01)Building materials have complex hierarchical microstructures. The largest components are coarse aggregates with dimensions larger than a few centimetres and the smallest ones are the calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel ... -
Belite hydration at high temperature and pressure by in situ synchrotron powder diffraction
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Fraga-López, Edmundo; Shirani, Shiva; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2020-10-16)Portland cements are currently used as Oil‐Well‐Cements for the sheath between the metal casing and the borehole. At high pressures and temperatures, the resulting C-S-H gel(s) is partly unstable and it can react to give ... -
C-S-H seeding activation of Portland and Belite cements: An enlightening in situ synchrotron powder diffraction study
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Mazanec, Oliver; Borralleras, Pere; Weldert, Kai S.; Gastaldi, Daniela; Canonico, Fulvio; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Elsevier, 2022-11)C-S-H seeding in Portland cements is well known from basic scientific works and field applications. Moreover, this activation approach could be beneficial for low-CO2 cements under development where a general drawback is ... -
Cementos de arcillas calcinadas y caliza preparados en la Universidad de Málaga
Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Bernal, Isabel M.R.; Redondo-Soto, Cinthya; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Shirani, Shiva; Pérez-Bravo, Raquel; Franco-Duro, Francisco Ignacio; García-Maté, Marta; Salcedo, Inés R.; León-Reina, Laura; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2022)Adjuto documento -
Cementos de baja huella de carbono con arcillas bentoníticas activadas.
Vallina, Diego; Rodríguez-Ruiz, María Dolores; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Cuesta-García, Ana María; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles[et al.] (2024)En este trabajo, se presenta una estrategia de caracterización de arcillas bentoníticas y su activación térmica para su uso como SCM en cementos de baja huella de carbono. Para ello, se presentará el estudio de dos ... -
Combined use of laboratory X-ray diffraction and microtomography in early age cement hydration.
Cuesta-García, Ana María; Shirani, Shiva; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Koufany, Imane; Redondo-Soto, Cinthya; Salcedo, Inés R.; León-Reina, Laura; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2023)In situ laboratory X-ray powder diffraction (LXRPD) is widely used for studying cement hydration at early ages. However, this approach has limitations due to the intrinsic characteristics of the main methodologies (flat ... -
Combined use of X-ray diffraction and microtomography for accurate cement hydration studies.
García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Shirani, Shiva; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Koufany, Imane; Redondo-Soto, Cinthya; Salcedo, Inés R.; León-Reina, Laura[et al.] (2023)Ver fichero adjunto que contiene toda la información incluyendo imagenes -
Doble activación de cementos BYF (belita-ye’elemita-ferrita) y su efecto en pastas y morteros
Pérez-Bravo, Raquel; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles (2022-06-30)Los eco-cementos tipo BYF se postulan como una alternativa a los PC (Cementos Portland) por su menor demanda de caliza. Estos están principalmente constituidos por tres fases: Belita (-C2S o -Ca2SiO4), Ye’elemita (C4A3S ... -
Early hydration of belite-ye’elimite-ferrite cements: Role of admixtures
Pérez-Bravo, Raquel; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Cuesta-García, Ana María; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles[et al.] (sciencedirect, 2023)The effect of TIPA and CaCl2 on early hydration, i.e. 24 h, of a B-BYF cement has been studied by in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, calorimetry, thermal analysis, NMR, and rheological measurements of the pastes ... -
Effect of boron and water-to-cement ratio on the performances of laboratory prepared Belite-Ye'elimite-Ferrite (BYF) cements
Pérez-Bravo, Raquel; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Bruscolini, Marguerita; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles[et al.] (2021)The effect of superplasticiser, borax and the water-to-cement ratio on BYF hydration and mechanical strengths has been studied. Two laboratory-scale BYF cements—st-BYF (with -C2S and orthorhombic C4A3 S) and borax-activated ... -
In situ synchrotron powder diffraction study of LC3 cement activation at very early ages by C-S-H nucleation seeding.
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Bernal, Isabel M.R.; Mazanec, Oliver; Dalla-Libera, Alessandro; Borralleras, Pere; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Elsevier, 2024-02-22)Limestone Calcined Clay Cements, LC3, are being widely researched as low-carbon binders. However, the hydration reactions during the first day are key for their performances and they were not well known. Here, we employ ... -
In-situ synchrotron powder diffraction study: activation of Portland and Belite cements
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel (2022-05-31)Portland cement (PC), whose main phase is alite (Ca3SiO5, C3S), is one of the most manufactured products in the world. However, cement industry is one of the major contributors for greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. In the ... -
Influence of curing temperature on belite cement hydration: a comparative study with Portland cement
Shirani, Shiva; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Olbinado, Margie P.; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Elsevier, 2021-05-24)Belite cements (BCs) could be a more sustainable binder than Portland cements (PCs) but adequate knowledge of the hydration features has still to be built. In particular, the mild curing hydration temperature effects have ... -
Limestone calcined clay binders based on a Belite-rich cement
Redondo-Soto, Cinthya; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Cuesta-García, Ana María; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; Gastaldi, Daniela; Canonico, Fulvio; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (Elsevier, 2023)Portland-based Limestone Calcined Clay Cements, LC3, are receiving considerable attention because the CO2 footprint can be reduced up to 40 %. Here, we report a related family: Belite-rich-LC3. These blends are expected ... -
Mejoras en las resistencias mecánicas de cementos con bajo contenido de clínker.
Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Vallina, Diego; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Cuesta, Ana; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel[et al.] (2024)Los cementos con arcilla calcinada y piedra caliza, conocidos como LC³ (del inglés, Limestone calcined clay cement) permiten la reducción de las emisiones de CO₂ hasta en un 55%. Las proporciones de las sustituciones ... -
Pair distribution function as a tool to characterize C-S-H gels
Cuesta-García, Ana María; Morales-Cantero, Alejandro; Gómez-de-la-Torre, María de los Ángeles; Santacruz-Cruz, María Isabel; García-Aranda, Miguel Ángel (2021)Portland cement (PC) is the most manufactured product in the world. However, cement industry is one of the major contributors for greenhouse gas emissions. For every ton of grey PC clinker, around 0.87 CO2 tons are released ...