Progress in understanding hydration mechanisms of alite and Portland cement is reviewed.
Up to the end of the induction period, dissolution rates determined by the undersaturation of …

Background Hydraulic materials are used in Endodontics due to their hydration
characteristics namely the formation of calcium hydroxide when mixing with water and also …

The interfacial properties of a new calcium-silicate-based coronal restorative material
(Biodentine™) and a glass-ionomer cement (GIC) with dentin have been studied by confocal …

In light of massive industrialization, Industrial symbiosis has gained traction by most
countries to employ wastes of one industry as a resource to another. Waste foundry sand …

Diffuse Reflectance Infrared DR-FTIR spectroscopy is employed to monitor chemical
transformations in pastes of Portland limestone cement. To obtain a sufficient time resolution …

This paper represents an attempt to provide an introduction to the microstructure of cement
paste and concrete as seen in backscatter-mode scanning electron microscopy (SEM) …

Morphology of hydration products, mainly calcium-silicate-hydrate (CSH), has a strong
influence on the mechanical and transport properties of hardened cementitious materials …

Objective Since their introduction, calcium silicate cements have primarily found use as
endodontic sealers, due to long setting times. While similar in chemistry, recent variations …

This article presents a new model for the main hydration peaks of tricalcium silicate and alite
on the assumption that CSH nucleates and grows as needles. The model relies only on …

An important microstructural aspect of the early hydration of Portland cement (PC) is the
formation of a shell of hydration products around cement grains. There is, at present, limited …