Crystal morphology of calcium aluminates hydrated for 14 days
01 May 1997-Journal of Materials Science Letters (Kluwer Academic Publishers)-Vol. 16, Iss: 9, pp 735-736
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate exactly what the crystal habit and morphology are on the fourteenth day of hydration of calcium alumi-nates, and what their role is in the development of compressive strength of the hydrated samples.
Abstract: phase [2–4]. Many researchers [5–7] have investi-gated the development of these hydrated phases byelectron microscopy. The effects of crystal morphol-ogy on the hydration characteristics and setting timehave also been studied by some workers [8–9]. Theaim of the work reported here is to investigateexactly what the crystal habit and morphology are onthe fourteenth day of hydration of calcium alumi-nates, and what their role is in the development ofcompressive strength of the hydrated samples.Calcium aluminates such as CA, CA
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