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Decarbonization potential of steel fibre-reinforced limestone calcined clay cement concrete one-way slabs

This study deals with a comparison of the environmental performance of one-way slabs utilizing steel fibrereinforced limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) concrete with the control case of Ordinary Portland cement concrete. The experimental program constitu ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2024

The role of Zn in C-S-H atomic structure, nucleation and growth

Anna Morales Melgares

The most promising solution towards cementitious materials with a lower carbon footprint is the partial substitution of the clinker by supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash, blast furnace slag, limestone and calcined clays. The produc ...

EPFL2023

Enhanced Leaching of Zinc Ferrite by the Formation of a Solid Solution With Magnetite in Hydrochloric Acid Solution

The high zinc and iron contents of electric arc furnace (EAF) dust in the forms of zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) and magnetite (Fe3O4) make it a valuable secondary source of these metals. ZnFe2O4 and Fe3O4 are known to form a solid solution at all compositions, a ...

SPRINGER2023

Data-driven optimization tool for the functional, economic, and environmental properties of blended cement concrete using supplementary cementitious materials

Hisham Tarek Mohamed Hafez

The need to produce more sustainable concrete is proving imminent given the rising environmental concerns facing the industry. Blended cement concrete, based on any of the prominent supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash, ground granul ...

ELSEVIER2023

Report of RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 3: validation of the R-3 reactivity test across a wide range of materials

Karen Scrivener, Ruben Anton Snellings, Alastair Thomas Matthew Marsh, François Henri Avet, Mohsen Ben Haha, Xuerun Li, Pawel Tadeusz Durdzinski, Diana Londoño Zuluaga

RILEM TC 267 TRM- "Tests for Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials" recommends the Rapid Reliable Relevant (R-3) test as a method for determining the chemical reactivity of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in Portland cement blends. ...

SPRINGER2022

Insights on the role of alumina content and the filler effect on the sulfate requirement of PC and blended cements

Karen Scrivener, Franco Alberto Zunino Sommariva

Understanding the mechanism controlling the sulfate requirement of blended cements is crucial for a successful deployment of these technologies towards a more sustainable industry. Particularly, clarification regarding the role of alumina content on the su ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2022

Hydration and durability of fast hardening binders incorporating supplementary cementitious materials

Sarra El Housseini

The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is widely considered the most promis-ing approach to reduce CO2 emissions relative to cement production. SCMs are not commonly present in binders used for special applications. On the other hand, due t ...

EPFL2022

A method for the reliable and reproducible precipitation of phase pure high Ca/Si ratio (>1.5) synthetic calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H)

Karen Scrivener, Paul Bowen, Maya Nicole Harris, Grace Simpson

Various methods have been developed to synthesize C-S-H; however, these methods have only allowed for the successful production of pure-phase C-S-H with Ca:Si of 1.5 or less. Attempts to form higher Ca:Si ratios by these methods gives C-S-H (Ca:Si 1.5 or l ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2022

Nanoscale modelling of ionic transport in the porous C-S-H network

Khalil Ferjaoui

To reduce the CO2 footprint of construction materials, concrete producers blend their cement with Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs). SCMs such as fly ash or blast furnace slag are mostly the byproducts of other industries. And while SCMs are chos ...

EPFL2022

Pre-bcc: A novel integrated machine learning framework for predicting mechanical and durability properties of blended cement concrete

Hisham Tarek Mohamed Hafez

Partially replacing ordinary Portland cement (OPC) with low-carbon supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in blended cement concrete (BCC) is perceived as the most promising route for sustainable concrete production. Despite having a lower environment ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Factors affecting the reactivity of slag at early and late ages

Karen Scrivener, Mohsen Ben Haha, Yosra Briki

This study investigates the difference between the reactivity of slag in NaOH solution (w/s = 100) and in cement paste (w/b = 0.4). The reactivity of slag is much higher in NaOH solution than in cement paste. When the NaOH solution is saturated with portla ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2021

Multi-scale investigation on mechanical behavior and microstructural alteration of C-S-H in carbonated Alite paste

Karen Scrivener

Carbonation treatment is a promising option to enhance recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) quality and eventually improve concrete performance. This study investigated the multi-scale mechanical properties of calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) in a mature ali ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2021

Iron incorporation in synthetic precipitated calcium silicate hydrates

David Lyndon Emsley, Paul Bowen, Brennan James Walder, Jirawan Siramanont

Effect of Fe3+ on the precipitation of synthetic calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) under controlled conditions has been evaluated. Using extremely basic either initial calcium nitrate or sodium silicate solutions (pH > 11), incipient formation of ferrihydr ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2021

The effect of alkali hydroxides and equilibration time on Al uptake by calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H)

Sonya Barzgar

Cement production accounts for approximately 8% of man-made CO2 emissions. Lowering these CO2 emissions is currently one of the most important and urgent research topics within the cement community. To reduce these emissions, the Portland cement (PC) is pa ...

EPFL2021

Maximizing the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in blended cements

Yosra Briki

Partial replacement of clinker with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is an effective approach to reduce CO2 emissions related to cement production. However, there is a maximum substitution level with SCMs beyond which strength decreases. The und ...

EPFL2020

The Atomic-Level Structure of Cementitious Calcium Aluminate Silicate Hydrate

David Lyndon Emsley, Karen Scrivener, Paul Bowen, Pierrick Berruyer, Brennan James Walder, Pinelopi Moutzouri, Aslam Kunhi Mohamed, Jirawan Siramanont, Maya Nicole Harris, Mattia Negroni

Despite use of blended cements containing significant amounts of aluminum for over 30 years, the structural nature of aluminum in the main hydration product, calcium aluminate silicate hydrate (C-A-S-H), remains elusive. Using first-principles calculations ...

2020

Characterization of interfacial transition zone in concrete prepared with carbonated modeled recycled concrete aggregates

Karen Scrivener

Treatment by accelerated carbonation has been widely studied to enhance the quality of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) and hence the performance of new concrete produced with the RCA. This is often ascribed to the densification of RCA. This study invest ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Unravelling chloride transport/microstructure relationships for blended-cement pastes with the mini-migration method

Karen Scrivener, Fabien Jacques Michel Georget, William Wilson

A chloride mini-migration method is proposed to estimate effective diffusion coefficients at the scale of the cement paste and to investigate mechanisms with complementary microstructure analyses on the same material. Blended-cement pastes with a wide rang ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Young's modulus and creep of calcium-silicate-hydrate compacts measured by microindentation

Karen Scrivener, Zhangli Hu, Pietro Lura

In this paper, compacts of synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) with 0.8-1.5 calcium-to-silicon ratio (Ca/Si) and 30-80% porosity were prepared by one-direction cold pressing. The Young's modulus and the creep of C-S-H compacts were measured by micro ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Carbonation of low carbon binders

Wioletta Soja

To reduce the impact of the embodied energy and of the carbon dioxide emissions of concrete, the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in the cement industry has become a common practice. However, the practical experience on such cements is li ...

EPFL2019