Title
29Si and 27Al MAS‐NMR of NaOH‐Activated Blast‐Furnace Slag
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Abstract
b29Si and 27Al MAS‐NMR were performed on NaOH‐activated blast‐furnace slag to better characterize the amorphous and poorly crystalline phases which occur in this system. The unreacted glass has a mainly dimeric silicate structure represented by a broad 29Si peak (FWHM = 15 ppm) centered at –74.5 ppm [Q1], with aluminum present exclusively in tetrahedral coordination. Upon reaction with 5M NaOH (w/s= 0.4), three new 29Si peaks with widths of ca. 2 ppm are formed at ‐78.5 Q1, –81.4 [Q2(1Al)J, and ‐84.3 [Q2]. Relative peak areas indicate a mostly dimeric silicate structure for the tobermorite‐like C─S─H layers, with roughly a third of the bridging sites occupied by aluminum, and less than 10% by silicon. In addition to the tetrahedrally coordinated aluminum substituted in the C─S─H structure, 27Al MAS‐NMR reveals the presence of aluminum in octahedral sites, which is attributed to the aluminate phase (C,M)4AH13. 29Si results indicate rapid initial consumption of the glass, with roughly a third of the glass reacting within the first day and another third consumed over the following 27 days. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
First Page
2363
Last Page
2368
Recommended Citation
Schilling, P., Butler, L., Roy, A., & Eaton, H. (1994). 29Si and 27Al MAS‐NMR of NaOH‐Activated Blast‐Furnace Slag. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 77 (9), 2363-2368. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb04606.x