Growth of cement hydration products on single walled carbon nanotubes

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03055.x
Author	Search for: Makar, J. M.¹; Search for: Chan, G. W.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Cement/Concrete
Abstract	Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were distributed on the surface of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) grains. The OPC/SWCNT composite was then hydrated at a 0.5 w/c ratio. The effects of the SWCNT on the early hydration process were studied using isothermal conduction calorimetry, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The observed behavior of the composite samples was compared with both OPC sonicated without SWCNT and previously published data on as-delivered OPC. The SWCNT were found to accelerate the hydration reaction of the C3S in the OPC. The morphology of both the initial C3A and the C3S hydration products were found to be affected by the presence of the SWCNT. In particular, the nanotubes appeared to act as nucleating sites for the C3S hydration products, with the nanotubes becoming rapidly coated with C-S-H. The resulting structures remained on the surface of the cement grains while those in the sonicated and as-delivered OPC samples grew out from the grain surfaces to form typical C-S-H clusters. Classical evidence of reinforcing behavior, in the form of fiber pullout of the SWCNT bundles, was observed by 24 h of hydration.
Publication date	2009-10-01
In	Journal of the American Ceramic Society 92, no. 6 (1 October 2009): 1303–1310.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 50817 NRC-IRC-19891
NPARC number	20377037
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