CCT diagrams of tricalcium silicate - Part I. Influence of the Fe2O3 content

Tenorio JAS; Pereira SSR; Ferreira AV; Espinosa DCR; Araujo FGD

Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.40, No.3, 433-438, 2005

DOI10.1016/j.materresbull.2004.12.005 Export Citation

CCT diagrams of tricalcium silicate - Part I. Influence of the Fe2O3 content

Tenorio JAS, Pereira SSR, Ferreira AV, Espinosa DCR, Araujo FGD

This work studies the effect of the iron oxide content on the kinetics of thermal decomposition of tricalcium silicate, or alite, the main component of Portland cement. The experiments allowed the construction of novel continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams, showing the effect of the Fe content on the alite stability, under continuous cooling. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords:ceramics;chemical synthesis;phase equilibria;phase transitions