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Reactivity of metakaolin in alkaline environment: Correlation of results from dissolution experiments with XRD quantifications

Scherb S, Köberl M, Beuntner N, Thienel KC, Neubauer J (2020)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

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Book Volume: 13

Article Number: 2214

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.3390/ma13102214

Abstract

Systematic investigation of filtrates and filter residues resulting from a 24 h treatment of metakaolin in different alkaline solutions were performed. On filtered metakaolin particles, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) measurements reveal an enrichment of iron and titanium, which suggests an inhomogeneous distribution of these cations. Since the SiO2/Al2O3 ratio remains constant in all filter residues examined, the dissolution of the Si and Al monomers is congruent. Structural differences, identified by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) as a consequence of alkali uptake, influence the X-ray scattering contribution of metakaolin, and thus quantifications with the partial or no known crystal structure (PONKCS) method. This leads to deviations between the degree of reaction calculated from Si and Al solubility from filtrate and that quantified by quantitative powder X-ray diffraction (QPXRD) using the filter residue. Nevertheless, the described changes do not cause a shift in the X-ray amorphous hump in case of congruent dissolution, and thus allow the quantification of the metakaolin before and after dissolution with the same hkl-phase model.

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APA:

Scherb, S., Köberl, M., Beuntner, N., Thienel, K.C., & Neubauer, J. (2020). Reactivity of metakaolin in alkaline environment: Correlation of results from dissolution experiments with XRD quantifications. Materials, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13102214

MLA:

Scherb, Sebastian, et al. "Reactivity of metakaolin in alkaline environment: Correlation of results from dissolution experiments with XRD quantifications." Materials 13.10 (2020).

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