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- Researchers used time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction to study the fast hydration processes that happen right after cement is mixed with water.* -
- The study focused on how polycarboxylate ether additives affect the early-stage formation of crystalline products during cement hydration.* -
- Findings suggest that these additives play a significant role in determining the molecular structure of the initial hydration products in cement.*
Article Abstract
Setting cement: highly dynamic hydration processes that occur during the first seconds of cement hydration were studied by time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Polycarboxylate ether additives were found to influence the formation of the initial crystalline hydration products on a molecular level.
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