Publications by Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

Microstructural simulation and measurement of elastic modulus evolution of hydrating cement pastes

Cyrille Dunant, Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Müller, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

Predicting the evolution of stiffness in cement paste requires linking morphological properties of the microstructure to the evolution of mechanical properties. Measures are typically difficult to obtain with sufficient time resolution to capture the trans ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Effect of sulfate on C-S-H at early age

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller, Elise Marie Jeanne Berodier

The effect of increasing sulfate contents on the hydration of white cement was studied with a multi-technique approach. Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) revealed that adding more gypsum in the cement resulted in more ettringite formation. Combining iso ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2020

Influence of curing temperature on cement paste microstructure measured by H-1 NMR relaxometry

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry, supported by X-Ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, has been used to characterise microstructure of white cement pastes underwater cured at temperatures in the range 10 degrees C to 60 degrees C. ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2019

Kinetics of mixing-water repartition in UHPFRC paste and its effect on hydration and microstructural development

Eugen Brühwiler, Emmanuel Denarié, Karen Scrivener, Mohammadhadi Kazemi Kamyab, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

The hydration of an ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) paste with a water to cement ratio of 0.18 was followed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) alongside more classical techniques for hydration kinetics, and microstructu ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2019

A reassessment of mercury intrusion porosimetry by comparison with H-1 NMR relaxometry

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

This paper shows how MIP measurements can give an accurate picture of the capillary porosity of cement pastes. Regions of the intrusion curves can be identified corresponding to capillary or gel pores. The amount of capillary pores is in excellent agreemen ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Influence of silica fume on the microstructure of cement pastes: New insights from H-1 NMR relaxometry

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

H-1 NMR has been used to characterise white Portland cement paste incorporating 10 wt.% of silica fume. Samples were measured sealed throughout the hydration without sample drying. Paste compositions and C-S-H characteristics are calculated based on H-1 NM ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Characterization of porosity & C-S-H in cement pastes by ¹H NMR

Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

EPFL2014

Densification of C-S-H Measured by H-1 NMR Relaxometry

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

The nanoscale morphology of, and pore water interactions in, calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), the active component of cement, remain uncertain. H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can fully characterize the nanoporosity of C-S-H in as-prepared material w ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Use of bench-top NMR to measure the density, composition and desorption isotherm of C-S-H in cement paste

Karen Scrivener, Arnaud Charles Albert Muller

H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), supported by a measurement of the degree of hydration using X-ray diffraction, has been used to fully characterise the nano-scale porosity and composition of calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H), the active component of ce ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013