SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1980
STP36078S

Ice Formation in Hardened Cement Paste—1. Mature Water-Saturated Pastes

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Ice formation in mature, water saturated hardened cement pastes (water/cement ration (W/C) from 0.4 to 0.7) has been measured using the Calvet microcalorimeter. The specimen size was about 11 cm3. The major results are: (a) little ice forms below about -55°C; (b) the rate of ice formation is not a monotone function of temperature, but contains three well defined peaks centered around -8, -23, and -40°C. The relative magnitude of the peaks is a function of the W/C-ratio; (c) melting takes place continuously from -55°C, but by far the major part of the ice melts close to 0°C; (d) the frozen part of the evaporable water varies from 20 percent (W/C = 0.40) to 57 percent (W/C = 0.70); (e) the rate of cooling (in the range 1.7 to 13.3°C/h) has relatively little influence on the amount of ice formed at a given temperature; (f) by far the major part of the ice forms in the pore system.

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le Sage de Fontenay, C
Building Materials Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Sellevold, EJ
Building Materials Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Developed by Committee: G03
Pages: 425–438
DOI: 10.1520/STP36078S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4768-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0325-2