Carbonate binders: Historic developments and perspectives

X Hu, P He, C Shi - Cement and Concrete Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the historic developments and provides some perspectives of carbonate
binders. Various carbonatable materials have been used to produce carbonate binders …

Effects of early-age carbonation curing on the properties of cement-based materials: A review

C Liang, B Li, MZ Guo, S Hou, S Wang, Y Gao… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change and carbon emissions, as one of its causes, have raised increasing
concerns, and reaching the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets requires the …

Development of wet-cast Portland-cement-free concrete based on steel slag and ambient-pressure carbonation activation

X **an, M Mahoutian, D Zhang, Y Shao - Resources, Conservation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Steel slag (SS) is rarely used as a sole binder in wet-cast concrete production, which,
however, is successfully realized in this study through early-age ambient-pressure …

Dimensional stability of cement paste and concrete subject to early-age carbonation curing

X **an, C Logan, Y Shao - Materials and Structures, 2022 - Springer
Early-age carbonation curing of concrete is receiving more interest in terms of performance
improvement and emission reduction. However, the volume change of cement-based …

Will the magnesium sulfate attack of cement mortars always be inhibited by incorporating nanosilica?

Q Huang, X Zhu, G **ong, M Zhang, J Deng… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a detailed investigation on the durability of nanosilica (NS) blended
cement mortars with different water-binder ratios (w/b, 0.35, 0.45, and 0.55) immersed in …

Predicting the impact of water transport on carbonation-induced corrosion in variably saturated reinforced concrete

E Korec, L Mingazzi, F Freddi… - Materials and …, 2024 - Springer
A modelling framework for predicting carbonation-induced corrosion in reinforced concrete
is presented. The framework constituents include a new model for water transport in cracked …

Insights into the synergistic action of initial hydration and subsequent carbonation of Portland cement

J He, Y Zhao, Y Tao, P Shen, CS Poon - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2025 - Elsevier
Pretreatment-induced initial hydration would significantly influence subsequent carbonation.
However, the evolution of microstructure and performance resulting from the synergistic …

Two-Dimensional Microstructure-Based Model for Evaluating the Permeability Coefficient of Heterogeneous Construction Materials

J Chen, S Yu, W Huang, H Wang - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The permeability coefficient of construction materials plays a crucial role in engineering
quality and durability. In this study, a microstructure model based on real aggregate shape …

Quantitative characterization of recycled cementitious materials before and after carbonation curing: Carbonation kinetics, phase assemblage, and microstructure

S Wu, Q Liu, L Li, W Kang, M Tiong, T Huang - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbonation curing for cement-based materials is one of the effective means to achieve
carbon neutrality in the construction industry. The pure cement clinker was hydrated for 90 d …

A preliminary study on the efficiency of the steel slag-based spraying carbonation layer in improving the durability of cement-based products

G Deng, Y He, L Lu, F Wang, S Hu - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
The idea of using a steel slag-based spraying carbonation layer to improve the durability of
cement-based products was proposed. The carbonation layer was prepared by spraying the …