Challenges and opportunities related to the use of sewage sludge ash in cement-based building materials–A review

L Świerczek, BM Cieślik, P Konieczka - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the increasingly demanding legal regulations, regarding both sewage sludge (SS)
and solid residues obtained during its thermal utilization processes, new solutions to limit …

The multi-scale mechanical properties of calcium-silicate-hydrate

J Wang, C Gao, J Tang, Z Hu, J Liu - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of calcium-silicate-hydrates (C–S–H) directly affect the
performance of cement-based materials. C–S–H spans ranging from nanometers to …

Ultraductile waterborne epoxy-concrete composite repair material: Epoxy-fiber synergistic effect on flexural and tensile performance

B Pang, Z Jin, Y Zhang, L Xu, M Li, C Wang… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the extension of service time, infrastructure is in growing urgency for repair and
reinforcement due to its deterioration in safety and durability over the years. Normal cement …

Effect of Ca/Si and Al/Si on micromechanical properties of C (-A)-SH

J Wang, Z Hu, Y Chen, J Huang, Y Ma, W Zhu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Calcium silicate aluminate hydrate (C (-A)-SH) is the main hydration product used in cement-
based materials. It plays a specific role in both the mechanical properties and volumetric …

Ultraductile cementitious structural health monitoring coating: waterborne polymer biomimetic muscle and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane‐assisted C‐S‐H …

B Pang, Z Jin, Y Zhang, Z Liu, W She… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cement‐based sensors (CBSs) have demonstrated potential in structural health monitoring
(SHM) despite rare applications due to their poor flexibility and sensing accuracy/protection …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of alkali hydroxide on calcium silicate hydrate (CSH)

Y Yan, SY Yang, GD Miron, IE Collings… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of KOH and NaOH on CSH structure and solubility. Both
KOH and NaOH have a similar effect, they increase pH values and silicon concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics of Al uptake in synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (CSH)

Y Yan, E Bernard, GD Miron, D Rentsch, B Ma… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of equilibration time on the composition, structure and solubility of calcium
aluminate silicate hydrate (CASH) was investigated in 0.5 M NaOH solutions at Al/Si= 0.1 …

The atomic-level structure of cementitious calcium aluminate silicate hydrate

A Kunhi Mohamed, P Moutzouri… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
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 …

Usage of supplementary cementitious materials: Advantages and limitations: Part I. C–S–H, C–A–S–H and other products formed in different binding mixtures

B Pacewska, I Wilińska - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020 - Springer
It is well known that cement production is not neutral for natural environment among others
due to high CO 2 emission. Different strategies of mitigation of negative environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Upscaling degradation of cementitious calcium (aluminate) silicate hydrate upon ultra-low temperature attack: A multiscale insight and a bottom-up …

X Zhu, Q Ren, B He, H Zhang, Z Jiang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-carbon calcium (alumino) silicate hydrate (C-(A)-SH) based composites (eg, blended
cement-based materials and alkali-activated materials) have broad application potential in …