Analysis of atomistic structural deformation characteristics of calcium silicate hydrate in 53-year-old tricalcium silicate paste using atomic pair distribution function

PDF解析による53年間養生したケイ酸三カルシウム中のケイ酸カルシウム水和物のナノ構造変形特性解析

Bae, S.*; Jee, H.*; Suh, H.*; 兼松 学*; 城 鮎美*; 町田 晃彦*; 綿貫 徹*; 菖蒲 敬久  ; 諸岡 聡  ; Geng, G.*; 鈴木 裕士  

Bae, S.*; Jee, H.*; Suh, H.*; Kanematsu, Manabu*; Shiro, Ayumi*; Machida, Akihiko*; Watanuki, Tetsu*; Shobu, Takahisa; Morooka, Satoshi; Geng, G.*; Suzuki, Hiroshi

Although the atomistic structure and the deformation characteristics of calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) are of primary interest in cement chemistry, they have not been fully investigated. In this study, pair distribution function (PDF) analysis was conducted on a 53-year-old fully hydrated tricalcium silicate (CS) paste using in situ synchrotron high-energy X-ray scattering to probe the atomic structural deformation of C-S-H under external loading. The results were compared with those from our previous PDF study of a 131-day-old CS paste in order to elucidate the effect of aging on the mechanical characteristics of C-S-H. Three different strains measured by the strain gauge, by the lattice shifts (d-spacing) in the reciprocal space, and by the shift of the interatomic distance (r) in the real space were compared. In the range of r 20 , where most of the information was derived from C-S-H, the 53-year-old CS paste had a higher overall elastic modulus (18.3 GPa) and better resistance to compressive stress than the 131-day-old CS paste (elastic modulus: 8.3 GPa). Moreover, it was found that the macroscopic strains of the 53-year-old CS paste were presumably induced by mechanical deformation such as microcracks at the macroscale. The results provide experimental evidence for the atomistic and mesoscale mechanical behavior of C-S-H in the early and late ages.