Nucleation seeding with calcium silicate hydrate – A review

By Elisabeth John, T. Matschei, Dietmar Stephan. Cement and Concrete Research, 2018

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Abstract The development of green cements, with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions, often results in reduced hydration activity, especially during the first hours and days. Nucleation seeding with C-S-H has enormous potential to accelerate hydration, which can compensate for the above-mentioned effect without compromising the long-term strength of seeded cements. In this work, the effects of calcium silicate hydrate are reviewed in detail, with a focus on synthesis, as well as their influence on the hydration mechanism and the development of mechanical properties, such as early and long-term compressive strength and porosity.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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In Civil and Structural Engineering

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Citations in the corpus

• Advances in characterizing and understanding the microstructure of cementitious materials (2019, methodology): “While there are several models to explain the C-S-H nucleation and growth process, a consensus has not yet been reached [49,146,148–153].”