Cellulose ethers are widely used to mortar formulations,and it is significant to understand the interaction between cellulose ethers and cement pastes.FT-IR spectra,thermal analysis and SEM are used to investigate hyd...Cellulose ethers are widely used to mortar formulations,and it is significant to understand the interaction between cellulose ethers and cement pastes.FT-IR spectra,thermal analysis and SEM are used to investigate hydration products in the cement pastes modified by HEMC and HPMC in this article.The results show that the hydration products in modified cement pastes were finally identical with those in the unmodified cement paste,but the major hydration products,such as CH（calcium hydroxide）,ettringite and C-S-H,appeared later in the modified cement pastes than in the unmodified cement paste.The cellulose ethers decrease the outer products and increase inner products of C-S-H gels.Compared to unmodified cement pastes,no new products are found in the modified cement pastes in the present experiment.The HEMC and HPMC investigation shows almost the same influence on the hydration products of Portland cement.展开更多
基金Funded by Youth Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50902107)the 973 Program(No.2009CB623201)from Ministry of Science and Technology of Chinathe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Cellulose ethers are widely used to mortar formulations,and it is significant to understand the interaction between cellulose ethers and cement pastes.FT-IR spectra,thermal analysis and SEM are used to investigate hydration products in the cement pastes modified by HEMC and HPMC in this article.The results show that the hydration products in modified cement pastes were finally identical with those in the unmodified cement paste,but the major hydration products,such as CH（calcium hydroxide）,ettringite and C-S-H,appeared later in the modified cement pastes than in the unmodified cement paste.The cellulose ethers decrease the outer products and increase inner products of C-S-H gels.Compared to unmodified cement pastes,no new products are found in the modified cement pastes in the present experiment.The HEMC and HPMC investigation shows almost the same influence on the hydration products of Portland cement.
