Figure 18
Plot of Al/Ca against Si/Ca ratio for C-A-S-H(I) preparations. The data are from Faucon, Petit et al. (1999) (unfilled diamond); Faucon, Delagrave et al. (1999) (filled diamond); Sun et al. (2006) (unfilled and filled triangles represent data at 1 and 4 weeks, respectively); Renaudin, Russias, Leroux, Cau-dit-Coumes & Frizon (2009) (filled circle), Pardal et al. (2012) (unfilled square). Al[5] and Al[6] are not included. The dashed lines represent the C-A-S-H that forms in real cements: the data are for neat Portland cement pastes and blends of Portland cement with blast-furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash and metakaolin; they are from Girão (2007); Girão, Richardson & Brydson (2007); Girão, Richardson, Porteneuve & Brydson (2007); Girão et al. (2010); Love et al. (2007); Richardson & Groves (1992b, 1993b, 1997); Taylor et al. (2010). |