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Hi Everyone, Just wondering what's the best way to carry out the XRD of a surface of a 5mm thick round bar. Since the sample has to be flat for XRD analysis, the round surface may introduce...
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Hi everyone, My understanding is that pure carbon is highly stable at room temperature and does not react with alkaline solutions like that of Ca(OH)2. However i am struggling to find any...
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I did XRD on anhydrous sodium sulfate salt (purity>99%) which i bought couple of months ago. For some reason sodium sulpfate peaks from PDF database (anhydrous or hydrated) don't align with the...
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Just wondering if anybody has done thermogravimetric analysis on pure hemi and mono carboaluminate phases? I am looking for the mass loss of chemically bound water. Based on the references I have...
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What are the important factors to select chebychev polynomial order for background function in TOPAS. If am checking the degree of crystallinity and I start with modelling the amorphous hump, do I...
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I have a slag sample with following elemental oxide composition: CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, SO3 and also contains carbon (in calcite). I have managed to identify the following phases: Gypsum...
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I am using CIF files from ICSD database. In detailed view of the crystal structure file there are two options i.e. Published crystal structure data and Standardised crystal structure data. When...
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What is the best crystalline material that can be used for the XRD quantitative analysis for cementitious materials, with the instrument having Cu Anode. Also, does the particle size have to be of...
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I am doing quantitative phase analysis of my hydrated cement paste sample at 7 day of curing. I have identified the following phases: Calcite, Larnite, Alite, Portlandite, Ettringite and...
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The major contribution towards strength development in OPC or blended cements containing SCMs is from C-S-H gel. Does C-A-H phases contribute towards strength development? If in calcium aluminate...
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I would highly appreciate if anybody could help me in identifying the endothermic peaks of the following samples at 7 days of hydration. TGA was undertaken in nitrogen environment. 1) 3M1_7:...
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Just wondering what is the best way to compare the hydration products of two mortar mix designs one with internally cured (25% SSD lightweight sand) and the other with 100% normal sand (control)?...
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The attached image shows a 28 day XRD spectra of a mix containing Cement, Fly ash, nano silica and alumina powder. There is an amorphous hump between 5 and 10 deg 2theta. The peak that i have...
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Can anyone help me in providing me XRD peaks locations for C4AH12 (Calcium aluminate hydrate)? Also, i would highly appreciate if you could provide a reference article as well
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I have used Set accelerator in my blended cement mixes containing cement, flyash and nano silica. The strength of the mix containing SA is lower than the one without it. Set accelerator produced...
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I have got large amount of nano silica which i had ordered last year for my research, but after reading about risks associated with silica that can go into your body through breathing i'm bit...
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I have to perform an accelerated carbonation test on cylindrical mortar samples. I am wondering if anybody knows what sort of epoxy can be used for covering the flat surfaces, so that only the...
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Hi everyone, I have conducted an xrd on the waste tyre crumb rubber particles. It shows an amorphous hump centred around 20 degree two theta, few Zinc Oxide peaks and another two peaks (around...
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Hi everyone, I am looking for someone having an experience with Bruker's MicroCT software? I require online tutoring through skype. I have tried by my own but self learning takes long time so i am...
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