Objectives

To scientifically support the transition of the cement industry to a more sustainable production of blended cements that can incorporate a wide range of industrial by-product, societal waste or low-energy natural materials, this project aims to:

1. Document the interaction between the SCM surface and the Portland cement pore solution in terms of surface chemistry processes (adsorption and leaching of components, dissolution and precipitation reactions) and SCM dissolution rate.
2. Integrate kinetics, experimental results of the hydration reactions in a model of blended cement systems with thermodynamic and microstructure modelling.
3. Devise improved methods to measure and predict the reactivity of a wide range of SCMs in blended cement systems.

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