Title:
Alternative Setting Retarders for Portland Cement Clinker
Author(s):
Harald Justnes
Publication:
Symposium Paper
Volume:
329
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
201-212
Keywords:
Admixtures; porosity; heat of hydration; retarder; rheology; setting time
DOI:
10.14359/51711215
Date:
9/26/2018
Abstract:
Other compounds than gypsum to regulate the setting of Portland cement clinker have been investigated. This will potentially improve particle packing of such a cement since elongated ettringite needles should NOT form on the surface of the cement grains in the fresh state as with gypsum as set regulator.
It has been demonstrated that small dosages of citric acid (0.2%), lignosulphonate (0.3%) and tannic acid (0.05%) can be viable alternative set regulating admixtures to 3.5% gypsum in Portland cement clinker.
It has been proven for paste specimen cured for 90 days that the porosity of clinker paste with w/c = 0.45 using 0.05% tannic acid has more than 20% reduced porosity compared to paste made with the normal 3.5% gypsum dosage of clinker mass at the same w/c. In addition to reduced total porosity, the pore openings were also finer.
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