There are many commercially important multiphase materials which contain amorphous phases, such as cement pastes, porcelains, glass-ceramics or pharmaceutical compounds. However, the analysis of amorphous phase(s) within ...

The analysis of amorphous/nanocrystalline phase(s) within cement matrices that contain high amounts of crystalline phase(s) is very challenging. Synchrotron techniques can be very useful to characterize such complex samples.1 ...

Some belite-ye´elimite-ferrite (BYF) cements present low mechanical strengths mainly due to the slow reactivity of belite. A solution to this problem may be the activation of BYF clinkers by preparing them with a coexistence ...

The analysis of atomic ordering in a nanocrystalline phase with small particle sizes, below 5 nm, is intrinsically complicated because of the lack of long-range order. Furthermore, the presence of additional crystalline ...

Five calcium hydroxyaluminate phases have been investigated by synchrotron powder diffraction at high-pressure: two hydrogarnets, kuzelite, stratlingite and ettringite. The obtained bulk modulus, K0, for kuzelite, stratlingite ...

Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is an environmentally contentious material, as for every ton of OPC produced, ~0.97 tons of CO2 are released. This opens the need of designing new formulations of cements formed by low calcite ...

An alternative to decrease CO2 emissions from OPC production consists on the development of a new kind of eco-cements composed by less calcite demanding phases, such as belite and ye'elimite. That is the case of ...

The manufacturing process of ye'elimite rich cements emit about 15-37% less CO2 to the atmosphere than OPC. Cements that contain belite, ye’elimite and ferrite, known as BYF cements, are promising eco-friendly binders. ...

Eco-cements are a desirable alternative to ordinary Portland cements because of their lower CO2 footprints. For instance, the manufacture of Calcium SulfoAluminate (CSA) cements is more environmentally friendly than that ...

Eco-cements are a desirable alternative to ordinary Portland cements because of their lower CO2 footprints. Some ye’elimite-based ecocements are attracting a lot of interest. Understanding the reasons for the mechanical ...