27Al and 29Si Solid-State NMR Characterization of Calcium-Aluminosilicate-Hydrate

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• 作者：Xiaolin Pardal ; Francine Brunet ; Thibault Charpentier ; Isabelle Pochard ; Andr茅 Nonat
• 刊名：Inorganic Chemistry
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：February 6, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：51
• 期：3
• 页码：1827-1836
• 全文大小：476K
• 年卷期：v.51,no.3(February 6, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-510X

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Calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) is the main constituent of hydrated cement paste and determines its cohesive properties. Because of the environmental impact of cement industry, it is more and more common to replace a part of the clinker in cement by secondary cementitious materials (SCMs). These SCMs are generally alumina-rich and as a consequence some aluminum is incorporated into the C-S-H. This may have consequences on the cohesion and durability of the material, and it is thus of importance to know the amount and the location of Al in C-S-H and what the parameters are that control these features. The present paper reports the ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al MAS NMR analyses of well-characterized C-A-S-H samples (C-S-H containing Al). These samples were synthesized using an original procedure that successfully leads to pure C-A-S-H of controlled compositions in equilibrium with well-characterized solutions. The ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectra were quantitatively interpreted assuming a tobermorite-like structure for C-A-S-H to determine the aluminum location in this structure. For this purpose, an in-house written software was used which allows decomposing several spectra simultaneously using the same constrained spectral parameters for each resonance but with variable intensities. The hypothesis on the aluminum location in the C-A-S-H structure determines the proportion of each silicon site. Therefore, from the ²⁷Al NMR quantitative results and the chemical composition of each sample, the intensity of each resonance line in the ²⁹Si spectra was set. The agreement between the experimental and calculated ²⁹Si MAS NMR spectra corroborates the assumed C-A-S-H structure and the proposed Al incorporation mechanism. The consistency between the results obtained for all compositions provides another means to assess the assumptions on the C-A-S-H structure. It is found that Al substitutes Si mainly in bridging positions and moderately in pairing positions in some conditions. Al in pairing site is observed only for Ca/(Si+Al) ratios greater than 0.95 (equivalent to 4 mmol.L^鈥? of calcium hydroxide). Finally, the results suggest that penta and hexa-coordinated aluminum are adsorbed on the sides of the C-A-S-H particles.