Calcium aluminates phase diagram
Crystal structure of dodecacalcium hepta-aluminate, 12CaO·7Al2O3 (C12A7).[1]

Calcium aluminates are a range of materials[2] obtained by heating calcium oxide and aluminium oxide together at high temperatures. They are encountered in the manufacture of refractories and cements.

The stable phases shown in the phase diagram (formed at atmospheric pressure under an atmosphere of normal humidity) are:

In addition, other phases include:

  • Dicalcium aluminate, 2CaO·Al2O3 (C2A), which exists only at pressures above 2500 MPa.[7] The crystal is orthorhombic, with density 3480 kg·m−3. The natural dicalcium aluminate, brownmillerite, may form at normal pressure but elevated temperature in pyrometamorphic zones, e.g., in burning coal-mining heaps.[8]
  • Pentacalcium trialuminate, 5CaO·3Al2O3 (C5A3), forms only under an anhydrous and oxygen free atmosphere. The crystal is orthorhombic, with a density of 3067 kg·m−3. It reacts rapidly with water.
  • Tetracalcium trialuminate, 4CaO·3Al2O3 (C4A3), is a metastable phase formed by dehydrating 4CaO·3Al2O3·3H2O (C4A3H3).

Hydration reaction

In contrast to Portland cements, calcium aluminates do not release calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2, portlandite or lime) during their hydration.

See also

References

  1. Hosono, H.; Tanabe, K.; Takayama-Muromachi, E.; Kageyama, H.; Yamanaka, S.; Kumakura, H.; Nohara, M.; Hiramatsu, H.; Fujitsu, S. (2015). "Exploration of new superconductors and functional materials, and fabrication of superconducting tapes and wires of iron pnictides". Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 16 (3): 033503. arXiv:1505.02240. Bibcode:2015STAdM..16c3503H. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/033503. PMC 5099821. PMID 27877784.
  2. Taylor H.F.W (1990) Cement Chemistry, Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-683900-X, pp. 34–38.
  3. "Mayenite Supergroup".
  4. "Krotite".
  5. "Grossite".
  6. "Hibonite".
  7. Taylor H.F.W (1990) Cement Chemistry, Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-683900-X, pp. 28, 29.
  8. "Brownmillerite".

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