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The hydration of Portland Cement

Nature volume 261, pages 486–488 (1976)Cite this article

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ALTHOUGH extensive X-ray data have been recorded, until relatively recently1 the microstructural changes which attend the hydration of Portland Cement have received scant attention. We here report electron transmission observations of the reaction and draw attention to analogous silicate models which suggest a probable mechanism.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK

    D. D. DOUBLE & A. HELLAWELL

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DOUBLE, D., HELLAWELL, A. The hydration of Portland Cement. Nature 261, 486–488 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261486a0

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