We thank the ESRF, Grenoble, France for support. M.C.S. thanks the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin (Germany) for a PhD stipend.
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First Seconds in a Building’s Life—In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of Cement Hydration on the Millisecond Timescale†
Article first published online: 11 APR 2012
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200993
Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Schlegel, M.-C., Sarfraz, A., Müller, U., Panne, U. and Emmerling, F. (2012), First Seconds in a Building’s Life—In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of Cement Hydration on the Millisecond Timescale. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 4993–4996. doi: 10.1002/anie.201200993
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 MAY 2012
- Article first published online: 11 APR 2012
- Manuscript Received: 6 FEB 2012
Funded by
- Materials Research and Testing, Berlin (Germany)
Keywords:
- cement hydration;
- colloidal suspensions;
- in situ analysis;
- X-ray diffraction
Setting cement: Highly dynamic hydration processes that occur during the first seconds of cement hydration were studied by time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Polycarboxylate ether additives were found to influence the formation of the initial crystalline hydration products on a molecular level.