Cement is the ubiquitous material upon which modern civilisation is built, providing long-
term strength, impermeability and durability for housing and infrastructure. The fundamental …

Synthetic transition aluminas (χ, κ, θ, γ, δ, η, ρ) exhibit unique adsorptive and catalytic
properties leading to numerous practical applications. Generated by thermal transformation …

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 …

A quantitative 27 Al NMR analysis of yttrium aluminum garnet. involving a complete
computation of the quadrupolar interaction in MAS conditions, has been performed. Results …

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has become an important tool for
structural characterization of many important materials such as minerals, ceramics, glasses …

Aluminum cation sites with five ([5] Al) or six ([6] Al) anion neighbors are minor species in
aluminosilicate glasses that are interesting in models of structure, diffusion, and viscous …

1. Introduction.................................................................. 160 2. Nuclear interactions.........................
................................... 161 3. Background experimental principles …

The practical aspects for obtaining useful NMR spectra of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei in
diamagnetic solids are discussed in some detail. The general appearance of the Magic …

Tetrahedral units can transport oxide anions via interstitial or vacancy defects owing to their
great deformation and rotation flexibility. Compared with interstitial defects, vacancy …

The effect of fineness, gypsum content and water–cement (w/c) ratio on the hydration of C 3
A systems have been quantitatively investigated using a combination of experimental …