Raman Spectroscopy of Anhydrous and Hydrated Calcium Aluminates and Sulfoaluminates

Autor: Lucía Fernández-Carrasco, Jordi Ibáñez, David Torréns-Martín, Sagrario Martínez-Ramírez, Lluís Artús, Thomas Matschei
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Construccions Arquitectòniques I, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LiTA - Laboratori d'Innovació i Tecnologia en l'Arquitectura
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
ISSN: 0002-7820
Popis: Recent investigations have revealed the great potential of Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of clinker minerals and commercial Portland cements. The usefulness of this technique for the identification of anhydrous, hydrated, and carbonated phases in cement-based materials has been demonstrated. In the present work, the application of micro-Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of the main clinker phases of calcium aluminate cements and calcium sulfoaluminate cement is explored. The main stable hydrated phases as well as several important carbonated phases are investigated. Raman measurements on the following phases are reported: (i) pure, unhydrated phases: CA, C12A7, CA2, C2AS, cubic-C 3A, C4AF, and C4A3S̄; (ii) hydrated phases: ettringite, monosulfoaluminate, and hydrogarnet (C 3AH6); (iii) carboaluminate phases: hemicarboaluminate and monocarboaluminate. The present results, which are discussed in terms of the internal vibrational modes of the aluminate, carbonate, and sulfate molecular groups as well as stretching O-H vibrations, show the ability of Raman spectroscopy to identify the main hydrated and unhydrated phases in the aluminate and sulfoaluminate cements. The Raman spectra obtained in this work provide an extended database to the existing data published in the literature. © 2013 The American Ceramic Society.
This study was funded by the MINECO (Ministerio de Economıa y Competitividad) through BIA0767-2008 project.
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