Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 297(2025)
Effect of Calcium Silicon Ratio on Sintering Behavior and Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Calcium Silicate Mineral Phase
Calcium silicate carbonatable binder is an important direction to realize the green and sustainable development of building materials industry. In order to study the effect of calcium silicon ratio (n(CaO)∶n(SiO2), molar ratio) on the composition of calcium silicate mineral phase and their carbon sequestration capabilities, calcium silicate carbonatable binders were synthesized with controlled calcium silicon ratio (n(CaO)∶n(SiO2)=1.8~2.2). Techniques such as t-pH, XRD, TGA, and SEM were employed to examine the evolution of phase composition, carbonization hardening process, CO2 uptakes and carbonization products of calcium silicate carbonatable binders. The results indicate that the content of γ-dicalcium silicate (Ca2SiO4, γ-C2S) initially increases and subsequently decreases as the calcium silicon ratio rises. When the calcium silicon ratio is no higher than 2.0, the content of rankinite (Ca3Si2O7, C3S2) gradually increases with the decreasing of calcium silicon ratio. When the calcium silicon ratio is higher than 2.0, the content of β-dicalcium silicate (Ca2SiO4, β-C2S) progressively increases with the increasing of calcium silicon ratio. The reaction of carbonization for 0.5 h is intense, and the compressive strength initial increases and subsequent decreases as the calcium silicon ratio increases. The reaction produces calcite, aragonite and vaterite. With the content of C3S2 and γ-C2S decreasing significantly, and the calcite content remains largely unchanged even when the carbonization reaction is extended to 24 h. C3S2 decelerates the early reaction of binder, but a more sustained carbonization reaction and a greater variety of carbonization products can enhance its subsequent compressive strength. The compressive strength and CO2 uptakes after carbonization for 24 h reach 129.76 MPa and 18.57%, respectively.
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CHEN Ping, LI Fangbin, XIANG Weiheng, HU Cheng, LIU Jun, WANG Qijie. Effect of Calcium Silicon Ratio on Sintering Behavior and Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Calcium Silicate Mineral Phase[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 44(1): 297
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Received: Jul. 11, 2024
Accepted: Feb. 18, 2025
Published Online: Feb. 18, 2025
The Author Email: Weiheng XIANG (XWH891116@163.com)