Detecting Early-Stage Cohesion Due to Calcium Silicate Hydration with Rheology and Surface Force Apparatus
Teresa Liberto, Andreas Nenning, Maurizio Bellotto, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Dominik Dworschak, Lukas Kalchgruber, Agathe Robisson, Markus Valtiner, Joanna Dziadkowiec
Abstract
S surfaces with little contact area weather into soft, gel-like C-S-H nanoparticles with a much larger surface area available for forming direct contacts between interacting surfaces.
Topics & Concepts
Calcium silicate hydrateRheologyViscoelasticityMaterials scienceSilicateCohesion (chemistry)Calcium silicateComposite materialSurface forces apparatusAdhesionNanoscopic scaleChemical engineeringMineralogyNanotechnologyCementChemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchBuilding materials and conservationMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications