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The most promising solution towards cementitious materials with a lower carbon footprint is the partial substitution of the clinker by supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash, blast furnace slag, limestone and calcined clays. The produc ...

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Reactive dicalcium silicate binders: Microstructure and transport properties

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The calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) are without doubt one of the most important hydration products in a hardened cement paste. Giving the complexity of the microstructure that forms by hydration of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and the more recently use ...

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Towards tailored cement-based materials with ground calcium carbonates

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Hyperpolarization of inorganic solids

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The effect of alkali hydroxides and equilibration time on Al uptake by calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H)

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Cement production accounts for approximately 8% of man-made CO2 emissions. Lowering these CO2 emissions is currently one of the most important and urgent research topics within the cement community. To reduce these emissions, the Portland cement (PC) is pa ...

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