Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10623123 | Cement and Concrete Research | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Blends of Portland cement with blast furnace slag hydrate to yield two gel phases, one essentially a calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) composition, the other a magnesium silicate hydrate (M-S-H) composition: the two gel phases are essentially immiscible. Together, the gel phases comprise an important source of sorption potential for the alkalis present in ordinary cement and blending agents. M-S-H gels have been synthesised and their sorption potential measured for postassium (K) and cesium (Cs) at 25 °C by using fresh gels as well as gels previously aged at 85 °C for 6 months. The ability of slag-cement blends to lower pore fluid alkalinity generally, and in nuclear waste technology to incorporate Cs, is interpreted in terms of the sorption data.
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Authors
D.M.R. Brew, F.P. Glasser,