TY - CONF A1 - Ramirez Caro, Alejandra A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Mota, Berta A1 - Crasselt, Claudia A1 - Artemeva, Elena A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - A Spectroscopic Study of the Superplasticizer Effect on Early Cement Hydration N2 - Organic/inorganic mixtures were prepared from ordinary Portland cement (OPC), water (w/c 0.22), a fluorescent dye in aqueous solution (stable at alkaline pH; BAM-I), and two different comb shape polycarboxylates (PCEs), i.e., high charge (PCE-HC) and low charge (PCE-LC), respectively. Rheological and calorimetric measurements were performed prior to optical studies in order to select PCE concentrations. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy of the system OPC + BAM-I (CBAM-I) revealed maxima of dye BAM-I located at 645 nm and 663 nm, respectively. In presence of PCE-HC and PCE-LC, these mixtures displayed a small red shift in reflectance and a faster decrease in intensity compared to studies with CBAM-I; however, only slight differences were observed between the different PCEs. With time, all systems exhibited a decrease in intensity of BAM-I in absorption/reflectance and emission. This could be caused by dye adsorption and possibly decomposition when in contact with cement particles or hydration products. T2 - The Sixth International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction (NICOM6) CY - Hong Kong, China DA - 02.12.2018 KW - Cement KW - Optical Spectroscopy KW - Dye KW - Hydration PY - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-49378 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ramirez Caro, Alejandra A1 - Mota, Berta A1 - Artemeva, E. A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - A spectroscopic study of the superplasticizer effect on early cement hydration N2 - Organic/inorganic mixtures were prepared from ordinary Portland cement (OPC), water (w/c 0.22), a fluorescent dye in aqueous solution (stable at alkaline pH; BAM-I), and two different comb shape polycarboxylates (PCEs), i.e., high charge (PCE-HC) and low charge (PCE-LC), respectively. Rheological and calorimetric measurements were performed prior to optical studies in order to select PCE concentrations. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy of the system OPC + BAM-I (CBAM-I) revealed maxima of dye BAM-I located at 645 nm and 663 nm, respectively. In presence of PCE-HC and PCE-LC, these mixtures displayed a small red shift in reflectance and a faster decrease in intensity compared to studies with CBAM-I; however, only slight differences were observed between the different PCEs. With time, all systems exhibited a decrease in intensity of BAM-I in absorption/reflectance and emission. This could be caused by dye adsorption and possibly decomposition when in contact with cement particles or hydration products. T2 - 20. Internationale Baustofftagung CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 12.09.2018 KW - Optical spectroscopie KW - Cement hydration KW - Dyes PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-00-059950-7 VL - 20 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - F.A. Finger-Institut für Baustoffkunde CY - Weimar AN - OPUS4-46277 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Anniser, J. A1 - Manful, K. ED - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - A sustainability point of view on horizontal and vertical urban growth N2 - In many regions of the world the urbanisation process is accelerating dramatically. This puts pressure on urban planners but also politics to develop strategies for sustainable city growth. With the rapidly increasing demand for living space in urban areas, cities typically grow vertically. This is largely driven by real estate markets and sometimes also by the desire for status symbols. Certainly, vertical urban growth makes sense, when horizontal growth destroys important flora and Fauna (e.g. in rain forest regions), but in many cases vertical growth is result of real-estate business and Expansion limitation due to state or country borders. However, economics and borders are made by humans. They follow human-made rules. Gravity does not. Therefore, from a point of view of sustainable materials and resourceuse, the trending vertical growth of cities may come under scrutiny. The following aspects should be considered, when a decision is taken between a new quarter with limited number of storeys or a new skyscraper. T2 - ISEE Africa - Innovation, Science, Engineering, Education CY - Nairobi, Kenya DA - 30.01.2019 KW - Urbanisation KW - Construction KW - Materials KW - Sustainability KW - Carbon emissions PY - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-484848 UR - http://isee-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Innovation-Science-Engineering-Education_High-Quality.pdf SN - 978-3-9818564-2-2 SP - 189 EP - 193 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-48484 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Assessment of rheological effects in the binder on the rheology of mortar and concrete N2 - In the last years flowable concrete has become increasingly important in applications such as, for systems with highly reinforced concrete with a complicated formwork, or sprayed concrete and 3D-printing of concrete. For all these applications it is necessary to have tailored rheological properties. Rheology can be described by values of yield stress and plastic viscosity, which can be determined for example by evaluation of rheometer measurements. But for different materials various rheometers with different geometries and stirrers are being used. To see the effects from paste in concrete, it is necessary to investigate mixes of paste, mortar and concrete, stepwise. But currently there exists no device, which is calibrated for these different systems at once. Due to this fact, conventional tests such as V-funnel efflux-time and flow diameter were determined, as well as rheometer data in different cell sizes and geometries. In this study the assessment of rheological effects in the binder on the rheology of mortar and concrete was investigated by using combination of two rheometers. T2 - Rheologische Messungen an Baustoffen 2018, 27. Workshop und Kolloquium CY - Regensburg, Germany DA - 07.03.2018 KW - Rheology KW - Cement KW - Mortar KW - Upscaling KW - Superplasticizer PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-7469-1878-5 VL - 27 SP - 109 EP - 111 PB - tredition GmbH AN - OPUS4-44444 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Radebe, N. ED - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Biased by analytical equipment N2 - Today, in scientific events often a certain separation between researchers from laboratories with highly sophisticated equipment and those from less privileged laboratories can be observed. It is not an uncommon situation that results presented at conferences are rubbished or ridiculed because the investigator only used low-end analytical methods. The assessment of the study is then biased based on the equipment, regardless of the actual quality of the study. T2 - ISEE Africa - Innovation, Science, Engineering, Education CY - Nairobi, Kenya DA - 30.01.2019 KW - Analytics KW - Africa KW - Bias KW - Science KW - Research PY - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-484877 UR - http://isee-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Innovation-Science-Engineering-Education_High-Quality.pdf SN - 978-3-9818564-2-2 SP - 203 EP - 204 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-48487 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Tchetgnia Ngassam, Ines A1 - Breitschaft, G. A1 - Virchow, S. ED - Diouri, A. ED - Boukhari, A. ED - Ait Brahim, L. ED - Bahi, L. ED - Khachani, N. ED - Saadi, M. ED - Aride, J. ED - Nounah, A. T1 - Challenges of the growing African cement market – environmental issues, regulative framework, and quality infrastructure requirements N2 - The African cement, concrete and construction business is growing at rapid pace. The cement sales are expected to grow rapidly until 2050. The number of newly built cement plants increases dramatically and in addition more cements are being imported from outside the continent, e.g. from Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, and China, driven by overcapacities in the countries of origin. This causes a high number of potentials and challenges at the same time. Newly built cement plants can operate directly at best technological state of the art and thus incorporate more sustainable technologies as well as produce new and more sustainable products such as cements blended with sustainable supplementary cementitious materials such as calcined clays, and industrial or agricultural by products. At the same time the new variety of binding agent as well as the international imports, which are driven by price considerations, make the cement market prone to quality scatter. This puts pressure on the quality control regulations and institutions to ensure safety of construction, healthy application, and environmental safety for the population. The paper presents possible solutions to build up the rapidly increasing African cement production more sustainably than in the rest of the world as well as the related challenges and obstacles that need to be overcome. Based on experiences with a series of pan-African cement testing laboratory proficiency schemes conclusions are made on technical, regulative and political level. T2 - 2nd International Congress on Materials & Structural Stability (CMSS-2017) CY - Rabat, Morocco DA - 22.11.2017 KW - Quality Infrastructure KW - Africa KW - Proficiency Testing KW - Cement KW - Admixtures PY - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-444330 SN - 2261-236X VL - 149 SP - 01014-1 EP - 01014-8 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis AN - OPUS4-44433 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Leinitz, Sarah ED - Diouri, A. ED - Boukhari, A. ED - Ait Brahim, L. ED - Bahi, L. ED - N., Khachani ED - Saadi, M ED - Aride, J. ED - Nounah, A. T1 - Concrete casting robustness improvement due to active rheology N2 - With ongoing innovation in process technology, the challenges of concrete technology are more and more focused on the rheological optimisation for these processes, since improper mixture stability or poor compaction ability negatively affect the concrete homogeneity and quality. However, along with the increasing complexity of today’s concrete mixture compositions, concrete becomes more prone to failure regarding the casting process. Variable properties of the raw materials typically cause changing workability. The reasons can be found among others in scattering water contents, physical or chemical properties of the cement or varying environmental temperatures. Robustness in the delicately adjusted rheology, however, is of utmost importance for modern and future process technology, from sprayed concrete over pumpable concrete towards 3D-printing, with regard to the long-term strength, the function and the durability. Typically, material induced changes cannot be identified easily due to the complex interactions of concrete constituents. Therefore, a precise and prompt counteraction is impossible. However, it is known that the yield stress can be controlled by addition of supplementary superplasticizer or stabilising agent. In combination with computerized process observation tools that can rapidly interpret and react on changes in the rheology, it is therefore thinkable, that only these two admixture types can adjust the rheology steadily and permanently, regardless of the actual root cause for observed macroscopic rheology change. The presentation will firstly give a comprehensive overview of effects at the interface between pore solution, particles and hydrates, which affect the rheology of fresh concrete. Secondly, ways are recommended how the rheology can be actively manipulated before eventually computerized methods are demonstrated that help to actively and rapidly assess and counteract performance scatter during steady casting processes. T2 - 2nd International Congress on Materials & Structural Stability (CMSS-2017) CY - Rabat, Morocco DA - 22.11.2017 KW - Cusum KW - Rheology KW - Control Chart KW - Concrete KW - Robustness PY - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-444317 SN - 2261-236X VL - 149 SP - 01001-1 EP - 01001-7 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis AN - OPUS4-44431 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Ramirez Caro, Alejandra A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Mota Gassó, Berta ED - Greim, M. ED - Kusterle, W. ED - Teubert, O. T1 - Contribution of the coarse aggregates to rheology - effects of flow coefficient, particle size distribution, and volume fraction N2 - In order to observe the effect of the aggregate phases between 2 mm and 16 mm without overlap with rheological effects induced by the cement hy-dration and without interactions with a threshold fine sand particle size that affects both, paste and aggregates, rheological experiments were conducted on a limestone filler based paste mixed with aggregates up to 16 mm. Vari-ous aggregate fractions were blended and mixed with the replacement paste in different volumetric ratios. The dry aggregates’ flow coefficients were determined and compared to yield stress and plastic viscosity values at different aggregate volume fractions. The results indicated that the flow coefficient is not a suitable parameter to predict the performance of the aggregates in the paste. It was shown that the yield stress of pastes is largely determined by the blend of different aggregate fractions, while the plastic viscosity to large extend depends upon the coars-est aggregate fraction. Based on the results, ideal aggregate composition ranges for minimised yield stress are presented. For the plastic viscosity no such grading curves to achieve minimum values could be found, but high viscosity curves are identified. KW - Rheology KW - Flow Coefficient KW - Particle Size Distribution KW - Volume Fraction KW - Cement KW - Concrete KW - Reference Material KW - Limestone Filler PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-7469-1878-5 SP - 96 EP - 108 PB - tredition GmbH CY - Hamburg AN - OPUS4-44434 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Tchetgnia Ngassam, Ines Leana A1 - Olonade, K. A. A1 - Mbugua, R. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Effects and potentials of plant based chemical admixtures on the performance of cementitious construction materials N2 - While today, engineers can choose from a wide range of rheology modifying admixtures, in some parts of the world, these are difficult to access, due to their complex processing. However, alternatives can be bio-based polymers such as polysaccharides from various sources. These are easily accessible all over the world, do not demand for complicated processing, and typically they are more sustainable than many established materials, which are crude oil-based. The paper presents the effects of acacia gum, cassava starch and the gum of triumfetta pendrata A. Rich on the rheological performance of cementitious systems. It is shown that acacia gum can be as efficient as polycarboxylate based superplasticisers, cassava starch can reduce the yield stress slightly with little effect on the plastic viscosity, and the gum of triumfetta pendrata A. Rich increases the thixotropy of cement pastes with plasticizing polymers significantly. T2 - International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS 2019) CY - Rovinj, Croatia DA - 20.03.2019 KW - Polysaccharides KW - Rheology KW - Cement KW - Chemical admixtures KW - Bio-based concrete PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47675 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Mota, Berta A1 - Ramirez Caro, Alejandra T1 - Einfluss der gesteinskörnung auf die Rheologie von Beton N2 - Die meisten Einflüsse auf die Rheologie von Beton wirken auf sehr kleinen Skalenebenen. Einflussgrößen im Millimeter oder Zentimeterbereich sind im Wesentlichen auf den Sand und die Gesteinskörnung beschränkt. Letztere machen aber in den meisten Betonen 50 %-70 % des Gesamtvolumens aus, was bei Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Verarbeitungseigenschaften von Beton häufig vernachlässigt wird. Während Betonzusatzmittel und Zusatzstoffe bei geeigneter Wahl die Rheologie sehr gezielt beeinflussen können, eignen sich Sand und Gesteinskörnung weniger gut zur Steuerung der Rheologie, aber sie tragen zur Rheologie des Gesamtsystems bei. Hierbei können Effekte aus Sand und Gesteinskörnung die Effekte von Zusatzmitteln und Zusatzstoffen überlagern und im ungünstigsten Falle sogar nahezu unwirksam machen. Deshalb sollten Ergebnisse zur Verarbeitbarkeit von Bindemittelsystemen nur mit großer Sorgfalt auf Beton übertragen werden. Es ist wichtig, den Einfluss des Sandes und der Gesteinskörnung besser zu verstehen, um diese so abzustimmen, dass sie Effekte aus Fließmitteln positiv ergänzen anstatt diesen entgegenzuwirken. Durch eine gezielte Abstimmung lassen sich Kosten wirksam sparen. KW - Gesteinskörnung KW - Rheologie KW - Fließgrenze KW - Viskosität KW - Beton PY - 2018 VL - 3 SP - 42 EP - 51 PB - ad-media GmbH CY - Köln AN - OPUS4-47044 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Mota, Berta A1 - Crasselt, Claudia ED - Ludwig, H.-M. T1 - Einfluss der wässrigen Phase von Zementleim und Polycarboxylatethern auf die Rheologie und die frühe Hydratation von Zement N2 - Die Rheologie von fließfähigen zementären Systemen mit Fließmitteln wird durch eine Vielzahl parallel stattfindender Effekte beeinflusst. Zu diesen Effekten zählen Wechselwirkungen zwischen den Polymeren und Ionen in der Porenlösung, frühe Phasenbildung, zeitabhängige und kompetitive Adsorption zwischen anionischen Polymeren und Sulfationen, Bildung von Phasen in der Porenlösung sowie Morphologieänderungen an Partikeloberflächen. Die frühe Hydratation von Zement, die durch Lösungs- und Fällungsprozesse angetrieben wird, beeinflusst diese Effekte erheblich. Das permanente Ungleichgewicht der Porenlösung führt zu Veränderungen der Partikeloberflächen, welches widerum zur Folge hat, dass rheometrische Messungen dieser Zementleime anfällig für Streuungen sind. Um die Einflüsse aus der Zementhydratation zu minimieren, wurden die rheometrischen Untersuchungen mit Zement in Porenlösung durchgeführt. Die Experimente wurden mit verschiedenen Feststoffvolumenfraktionen durchgeführt und mit den Ergebnissen identischer Systeme mit Wasser anstelle von Porenlösung verglichen. Zusätzlich wurden die gleichen Systeme mit Zugabe von Polycarboxylatethern untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Leime mit Wasser niedrigere Werte für Fließgrenze und plastische Viskosität aufweisen, als die Systeme mit Porenlösung. Während die Polymere eine Verminderung der Fließgrenze zur Folge hatte, war die Wirkung von Polymeren auf die plastische Viskosität vernachlässigbar. Zusätzlich wurde die frühe Hydratation unter Verwendung von Wärmeflusskalorimetrie, Rasterelektronenmikroskopie und Nadeleindringtiefe beobachtet. T2 - 20. Internationale Baustofftagung CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 12.09.2018 KW - Rheologie KW - Polycarboxylatether KW - Zementleim KW - Fließmittel PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-00-059950-7 VL - 20 SP - 744 EP - 751 PB - F.A. Finger-Institut für Baustoffkunde CY - Weimar AN - OPUS4-45973 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Engineering skill requirements to cope with the local and global challenges of the future N2 - In the 21st century, adequate habitat and functioning infrastructure are critical for global societal and economic stability. In addition, growing urbanisation and environmental pollution cause challenges to societies. With increasing velocity, humanity faces that the current way of living is not sustainable. Thus, habitat,infrastructure, urbanisation, environment and sustainability are definitively among the most striking challenges of the 21st century. By consulting, planning, building, maintaining, exploiting and processing of global resources, civil engineers contribute significantly to the existence of these challenges. This is a high responsibility, but due to the heavy involvement, together with adjacent disciplines such as architecture, geosciences, chemistry, physics, environmental sciences and economics, civil engineers also hold the key to mitigate these challenges and provide a brighter global future. Solutions towards greener, more sustainable and economically viable materials do exist, and there is ongoing research on how greener technologies can contribute to better livelihood and economic growth, but their level of implementation is limited, a major reason for which is that these approaches require more fundamental understanding rather than standard application. T2 - ISEE Africa - Innovation, Science, Engineering, Education CY - Nairobi, Kenya DA - 30.01.2019 KW - Civil Engineering KW - Education KW - Sustainability KW - Materials KW - Sciences PY - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-484895 UR - http://isee-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Innovation-Science-Engineering-Education_High-Quality.pdf SN - 978-3-9818564-2-2 SP - 16 EP - 19 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-48489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Lu, Z. A1 - Becker, S. A1 - Stephan, D. A1 - von Klitzing, R. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Mechtcherine, V. ED - Khayat, K. ED - Secrieru, E. T1 - Influence of different accelerators on the rheology and early hydration of cement paste N2 - Special applications like pumping, spraying or printing of concrete require the precise adjustment of very specific rheological properties at different time steps during the casting process. Superplasticizers such as polycarboxylate ethers (PCE) can be used to obtain the required flowability, which, possibly in combination with additional rheology modifying admixtures, generate the required specified consistency. However, after the application, the concrete should change the rheological properties immediately in order to avoid deformations at rest. Therefore, the use of accelerators can be effective. Accelerators influence the hydration of cementitious materials, and thus the rheological properties over the course of time and the setting. In this paper, the influence of different accelerators on the rheology and early hydration of cement paste as well as the interaction of accelerator and PCE are presented. Methods like rheometry, needle penetration tests and practical Tests like spread flow were applied. The used accelerators showed accelerating behavior on the cement pastes without and in the presence of PCE. At the same time an influence on the rheology could be observed. This effect was less in the mixes with PCE, especially at the highest water/cement ratio (w/c). KW - Rheology KW - Cement paste KW - Accelerator KW - Superplasticizer KW - Setting PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-22565-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22566-7 SN - 2211-0844 VL - 23 SP - 106 EP - 115 PB - Springer ET - 1 AN - OPUS4-49139 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Crasselt, Claudia A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Influence of rheology modifying admixtures on early hydration of cementitious suspensions N2 - The presence of polycarboxylate ether (PCE) based superplasticizers (SPs) has enormous influence on the early hydration of cement. C3A as the most reactive phase of Portland cement plays a significant role in early hydration reactions and affects the rheological performance. Therefore, this paper presents experimental results about the influence of delayed addition of PCEs on the Hydration of cement and C3A-gypsum pastes investigated by isothermal heat flow calorimetry. Complementary in-situ XRD was carried out on C3A pastes to analyze hydration and phase changes related to the addition of PCE. Cement pastes with a delayed addition of PCE showed less Retardation compared to simultaneous addition. The alteration caused by PCE is much more pronounced for C3A-gypsum mixes. With a delayed addition of SP, the hydration of C3A is less retarded or even accelerated. It is obvious that there is less retardation the later the addition of SP. Furthermore, the PCE alter the hydration of C3A when added delayed and exhibit changes in kinetics and hydration rates. XRD results showed that more C3A is dissolved in the presence of PCE. Also, the gypsum depletion occurs earlier in the presence of PCE and even faster with delayed addition. Without PCE AFm starts to form just after the gypsum depletion. However, in the presence of PCE AFm already starts to form at the beginning of the hydration. Due to the faster gypsum depletion in the presence of PCE, also the transformation from ettringite into AFm begins earlier, but takes longer as without SP. T2 - 15th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 16.09.2019 KW - Cement KW - C3A KW - Early hydration KW - Polycarboxylate ether (PCE) KW - Delayed addition PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-49104 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Crasselt, Claudia A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Influence of Rheology Modifying Admixtures on Hydration of Cementitious Suspensions N2 - The presence of polycarboxylate ether (PCE) based superplasticizers (SPs) has an enormous influence on the early hydration of cement. The hydration is retarded and the timing of formation and the morphology of hydrates is affected. This short paper presents experimental results about the influence of delayed addition time of PCE SPs on hydration of cement and alite pastes, investigated by isothermal heat flow calorimetry. For cement as well as for alite pastes the hydration is retarded with SP, whereby the high charge PCE has a stronger retarding effect than the low charge PCE. The retardation caused by PCE is much more pronounced for alite than for cement mixes. If PCE is added later to the mix, the induction period is shortened and the hydration is accelerated compared to simultaneous addition. This applies for cement and alite pastes. With delayed PCE addition the alite shows a clearly less retarded setting and main hydration than after simultaneous addition. It is obvious that for alite pastes there is less retardation the later the addition of SP. T2 - 6th International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction CY - Hong Kong, China DA - 02.12.2018 KW - Polycarboxylate ether (PCE) KW - Early hydration KW - Cement PY - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-47204 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Crasselt, Claudia A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Sturm, Heinz ED - M. Tyrer, ED - E. Ganjian, ED - West, A. T1 - Influence of rheology modifying admixtures on hydration of cementitious suspensions N2 - The presence of polycarboxylate ether (PCE) based superplasticizers (SPs) has an enormous influence on the early hydration of cement. The hydration is retarded and the timing of formation and the morphology of hydrates is affected. This short paper presents experimental results about the influence of delayed Addition time of PCE SPs on hydration of cement and tricalcium aluminate (C3A) pastes, investigated by isothermal heat flow calorimetry. For cement pastes the hydration is retarded with SP, whereby the high charge PCE has a stronger retarding effect than the low charge PCE. With delayed PCE addition the cement shows a less retarded setting than with simultaneous addition. The alteration caused by PCE is much more pronounced for C3A and gypsum mixes than for cement. If the SP is added simultaneous, the exothermic peak of C3A is retarded. However, with delayed addition of SP the hydration is shortened, the gypsum depletion is fastened and the exothermic peak occurs less retarded or even accelerated compared to simultaneous addition. It is obvious that for C3A pastes there is less retardation the later the Addition of SP. Furthermore, the PCE alter the hydration of C3A when added delayed and exhibit changes in kinetics and hydration rates. The rate of reaction in the second stage is lower, discernible in decreased slopes and broader peaks. Besides this, a distinct ramp in the C3A heat flow curves within the first stage of C3A hydration occurs for all pastes with delayed addition of SP, which suggests an accelerated ettringite formation. T2 - 38th Cement and Concrete Science Conference CY - Coventry, UK DA - 10.09.2018 KW - Cement hydration KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - C3A hydration PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-84600-088-1 SP - 64 EP - 67 CY - Coventry, UK AN - OPUS4-45995 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Mota, Berta A1 - Crasselt, Claudia ED - Liu, Jiaping ED - Wang, Ziming ED - Holland, Terence ED - Huang, Jing ED - Plank, Johann T1 - Influence of the aqueous phase of cement paste on the rheology in the presence of PCE N2 - The paper presents rheometric results and hydration curves for cementitious systems based on cement mixed with different aqueous phases at solid volume fraction of  = 0.45. The varied aqueous phases were deionized water, limewater, the filter residue of a cement paste mixed at w/c = 2.0, and the filtrate of cement paste at solid volume fraction of 0.45. Each cementitious system provided different amounts and sizes of particles formed in the aqueous phase. The pastes were observed with and without polycarboxylate ether based superplasticizer. It was observed that the presence of particles causes higher PCE saturation dosages to achieve a minimum value, but the minimum value is only affected in the case of large particles. In all cases with and without PCE, the presence of small particles causes increased plastic viscosity. In addition, with decreased number and size of hydrates in the aqueous phase the hydration was retarded, which was specifically pronounced in the presence of PCE KW - Aqueous phase of cement paste KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - Rheology KW - Yield stress KW - Plastic viscosity KW - Heat of hydration KW - Syngenite KW - Solid volume fraction PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-64195-029-9 SP - SP-329-34, 428 EP - 443 PB - American Concrete Institute CY - Farmington Hill, Michigan AN - OPUS4-47107 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zhang, K. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Mezhov, Alexander T1 - Influence of the hydroxypropylation of starch on its performance as viscosity modifying agent N2 - Synopsis: Starch is a commonly used viscosity modifying agent (VMA). The performance of starch as VMA depends on its origin (e.g. potato, corn, cassava, etc.) and corresponding molecular properties, such as molecular weight, ratio between amylose and amylopectin etc. Depending upon the application, the efficiency of starch can be enhanced by hydroxypropylation. The maximum degree of substitution (DoS) cannot be greater than 3.0, which is the number of hydroxy groups per glucose monomer in the polymer. In the current research three potato starches exhibiting the DoS of 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 were utilised. The influence of the modified starch on the rheological properties and hydration of cement paste, as well as the viscosity of the pore solution were investigated. Our findings show that the starch with the highest DoS increases the dynamic yield stress the most, while the plastic viscosity is less dependent on the DoS. Additionally, starch with the highest DoS retards hydration to lower degree than other starches. T2 - 13th International Conference on Superplasticizers and Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete CY - Milan, Italy DA - 10.07.2022 KW - Potato starch KW - Rheological KW - Cement hydration KW - Pore solutions PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14359/51736074 VL - 354 SP - 209 EP - 218 PB - ACI Special Publications AN - OPUS4-58320 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Zhang, K. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Interactions of Biobased Rheology Modifying Agents with Superplasticizer in Cement Paste N2 - Organic admixtures are an indispensable component of modern concrete. Thus, their purposeful application is not only technically and economically viable but in addition an inevitable tool to make concrete more environmentally friendly. In this context, the use of polysaccharides has increasingly gained interest in the built environment as sustainable resource for performance enhancement. However, due to its origin, biopolymers possess a vast variety of molecular structures which can result in incompatibilities with other polymers present in concrete, such as superplasticizers. The present study highlights effects of the joint application of different types of starches and polycarboxylates with respect to their influence on cement hydration and structural build-up of cement pastes. KW - Polysaccharides KW - Superplasticizers KW - Hydration KW - Cement PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/CTA.1.563 SN - 2674-1237 SP - 563 EP - 568 PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland CY - Basel, Switzerland. AN - OPUS4-58325 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Lorenzoni, Renata A1 - Telong, Melissa A1 - Lauinger, Robert A1 - Munsch, Sarah A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Investigation of the hydration of clinker-reduced cementitious binders by 1H NMR N2 - In this paper, we demonstrate the value of 1H NMR relaxometry for studying the hydration of clinker-reduced, more climate-friendly cementitious binders. The results were obtained on typical CEM I cements and sister samples containing two different reactive agricultural ashes as well as non-reactive biochars as supplementary cementitious materials. The findings prove that time-resolved NMR measurements provide valuable additional information when combined with classical heat flow calorimetry. T2 - International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances of the International Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry (ISEMA) 2023 CY - Brisbane, Ausralia DA - 25.09.2023 KW - Carbon emission KW - 1H NMR relaxometry KW - Heat flow calorimetry KW - Cement, hydration KW - Clinker reduction PY - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 3 AN - OPUS4-58936 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -