On the mesoscale mechanism of synthetic calcium–silicate–hydrate precipitation: a population balance modeling approach

2017/11/06 by Mohammad Reza Andalibi, Abhishek Kumar, Bhuvanesh Srinivasan +4 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Calcium #Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition #Calcium silicate #Calcium silicate hydrate #Chemical engineering #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Clay minerals and soil interactions #Climatology #Composite material #Geology #Hydrate #Materials science #Mesoscale meteorology #Metallurgy #Meteorology #Mineralogy #Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques #Physics #Population #Precipitation #Silicate

paper · doi:10.1039/c7ta08784e

openalex publication_date 2017/11/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

A mesoscale pathway of calcium–silicate–hydrate precipitation, leading to nanocrystallites packing nematically in anisotropic particles is quantitatively described for the first time.

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• The Atomic-Level Structure of Cementitious Calcium Silicate Hydrate

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