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Arnon Chaipanich Chiang Mai University Cement and Concrete Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand

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Thanongsak Nochaiya Chiang Mai University Cement and Concrete Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand

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Abstract

Thermal analysis (thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis) was used with scanning electron microscopy technique to investigate the hydration mechanisms and the microstructure of Portland cement-Fly ash-silica fume mixes. Calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H), ettringite, gehlenite hydrate (C2ASH8), calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) phases were detected in all mixes. In the mixes with the use of silica fume addition, there is a decrease in Ca(OH)2 with increasing silica fume content at 5 and 10% compared to that of the reference Portland-fly ash cement paste and a corresponding increase in calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H).

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Language English
Size A4
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1969
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ISSN 1388-6150 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2926 (Online)

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