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Hydration of Cement
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2024
Hydration of cement is a chemical reaction between cement particles and water. This process occurs primarily through two mechanisms: through-solution and topochemical. In the through-solution process, anhydrous compounds dissolve into their constituents, hydrates form in the solution, and then precipitate from the supersaturated solution. The topochemical process involves solid-state reactions at the cement particle surface. The through-solution process dominates the topochemical process at the...
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Aqueous Solutions and Heats of Hydration
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2020
Water and other polar molecules are attracted to ions. The electrostatic attraction between an ion and a molecule with a dipole is called an ion-dipole attraction. These attractions play an important role in the dissolution of ionic compounds in water. When ionic compounds dissolve in water, the ions in the solid separate and disperse uniformly throughout the solution because water molecules surround and solvate the ions, reducing the strong electrostatic forces between them. This process...
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A Microfluidic Approach for the Study of Ice and Clathrate Hydrate Crystallization
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2022
The present protocol describes the crystallization of microscopic ice crystals and clathrate hydrates in microfluidic devices, enabling liquid exchange around the formed crystals. This provides unparalleled possibilities to examine the crystallization process and binding mechanisms of the inhibitors.
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Strength and Heat of Hydration
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2024
The hydration of cement is an exothermic reaction in which heat is generated as cement hydrates. This heat of hydration is critical to cement's strength development. The rate at which this heat is generated affects the temperature rise, with a majority of the heat being released early in the hydration process, half within the first three days, and about 75% within the first week. The heat of hydration for each cement compound is significant; for instance, tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and...
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Molecules and Compounds
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2020
Atoms and Molecules Everything in the universe is made up of matter, and matter is composed of a combination of elements. An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains all properties of the element. For example, a silver coin is made up of silver atoms, and each silver atom retains the unique properties of the element — silver. Elements are pure substances consisting of identical atoms that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical changes. Atomic elements contain...
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The defined ratio between water molecules and the other particles in a crystal lattice allows chemists to represent composition with a specific formula. This relationship is not merely descriptive: it supports molar calculations and helps explain why changing the water content can alter chemical behavior. A measured ratio therefore connects crystal structure with quantitative chemical analysis.
Heating can remove the water associated with the crystal lattice, leaving an anhydrous compound. The change produces a measurable decrease in mass, while the remaining material represents the compound after water removal. Comparing the original and final materials gives chemists evidence about water content and provides a basis for calculating the hydrate’s composition.
The two forms can be compared through their water content and response to heating. A hydrated sample loses mass as its associated water is removed, whereas the resulting anhydrous material has already undergone that change. Because the water content influences material properties, identifying which form is present is important when characterizing salts, reagents, minerals, or industrial materials.
A chemist compares the mass of the original sample with the mass remaining after heating. The difference represents the removed water, while the final mass corresponds to the anhydrous compound. Converting both quantities into molar amounts and comparing their relationship reveals the hydrate’s water-to-compound ratio, which is then expressed in the chemical formula.
The analysis begins with a measured sample of the hydrated material, followed by heating to remove its water of crystallization. The remaining anhydrous compound is measured, and the mass loss is calculated. Chemists then use the original, final, and lost masses to determine molar relationships and assess the compound’s hydrate formula.
Hydrated compounds are relevant when scientists characterize minerals, salts, laboratory reagents, and industrial materials whose properties depend on water content. Measuring the change caused by water removal helps identify composition and distinguish related material forms. In chemistry, these measurements also connect observable mass changes with crystal-lattice composition and molar relationships.