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H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry, supported by X-Ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, has been used to characterise microstructure of white cement pastes underwater cured at temperatures in the range 10 degrees C to 60 degrees C. As the temperature increases, so the C-S-H, capillary pore water and interhydrate pore water content all increase; the ettringite and gel pore water content decrease; and the Portlandite content stays constant. A non-linear increase in the C-S-H 'solid' and 'bulk' densities, that exclude and include gel pore water respectively, has been observed with the increase of temperature. This is accompanied by a decrease in C-S -H water content but no change in the Ca/(Si + Al) ratio. The increase in the C-S-H 'solid' density has been attributed to a decrease in the number of locally stacked C-S-H layers. The increase in the C-S-H 'bulk' density is additionally attributed to the decrease in the gel porosity.
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