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Abstract
Carbonation, reactions between cementitious materials and atmospheric carbon dioxide, is one of the most important mechanisms that determine the longevity of cementitious materials. Despite the recent advances in revealing the carbonation mechanism of cement and concrete materials, the understanding of carbonation mechanisms in low-carbon cementitious materials, particularly low-clinker blended cement (clinker replacement > 60%) and alkali-activated materials, is still limited. This study compares the carbonation performances of a low-clinker blended slag cement and an alkali-activated slag cement via thermodynamic modelling. Phase assemblages of two different types of cementitious materials under accelerated carbonation conditions were predicted by thermodynamic models using the latest CEMDATA18 database. Validation of the developed models were conducted by comparing the predicted results with the experimentally characterised mineralogy from the literature. After validation, the carbonation performances of high-GGBFS blended cement and alkali-activated slag cements are critically compared.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-based Materials and Concrete Structures. SynerCrete 2023. |
| Editors | A. Jędrzejewska, F. Kanavaris, M. Azenha, F. Benboudjema, D. Schlicke |
| Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media B.V. |
| Pages | 1113-1121 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031331879 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783031331862 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Jun 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | RILEM Bookseries |
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| Volume | 44 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2211-0844 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2211-0852 |
Keywords
- Carbonation
- Low-carbon cement
- Thermodynamic modelling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Mechanics of Materials
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High-performance carbon-neutral Geopolymer heat Battery for thermochemical energy storage in net-zero buildings
Ke, X. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
25/07/22 → 24/07/25
Project: Research council