Early Hydration of Activated Belite-Rich Cement

Abstract

Implementation of high belite cement in cement production would have strong environmental impact in reduction CO 2 emissions and saving of pure limestone deposits. The goal of the study is to describe the role of alkali and C-S-H activators on hydration of high belite cement. Analytical approach for early hydration is based on combination of isothermal calorimetry, X-ray powder diffraction in-situ, DTA-TG, FT-IR.