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High Alumina Cement Uses and Specifications
RS Refractory Group is a professional manufacturer of high alumina refractory cement. The high alumina cement uses and specifications can be tailored to the needs of our customers, to ensure the normal operation of industrial furnaces.
Characteristics of High Alumina Cement: Hydration
The main mineral of high alumina cement is aluminate calcium (CA), and the secondary mineral is Calcium Dialuminate (CA2). The hydration products CAH10 and C2AH8 of high alumina cement at room temperature belong to metastable products, they change to a stable C3AH6 at temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius.
In the process of the crystal transformation, the intensity of high alumina cement will be decreased, which is due to：
CAH10 and C2AH8 are flake crystals, and C3AH6 is cubic crystal. The binding force of C3AH6 is lower than that of CAH10 and C2AH8.
In the process of crystal transformation, the crystalline water is released and the porosity increases.
The Al (OH) 3 formed in early stage of hydration or under low temperature is colloid and fills the crystal to enhance the performance. But after the temperature goes up, alumina cement turns into crystals of gibbsite (Al2O3 – 3H2O) and decrease the enhancement effect of colloid.
Therefore, the use of high alumina cement alone for structural engineering needs to be cautious. However, the hydration products of high alumina cement do not appear to have free Ca (OH) 2, nor are there C2S minerals like in Portland cement. So there won’t be problem to use high alumina refractory cement as refractory concrete binder, since there will not be volume instability as in Portland cement of repeated formation of CaO and Ca (OH) 2 while heating and cooling, and the polycrystalline transformation of beta -C2S.
Moreover, high alumina cement has the early strength ability, and in the construction of the kiln, it can shorten the curing period as much as possible, that is called “day concrete”. Therefore, high alumina cement is widely used in refractory industry.
Hydration of the Mixture of High Alumina Cement and Portland Cement
The hydrated products CAH10 and C2AH8 of the high alumina cement react with the hydrated product C-S-H of the silicate cement to form hydrated calcium aluminosilicate，also known as hydrated gehlenite, C2ASH8. Because of the formation of C2ASH8, the strength degradation of CAH10 and C2AH8 due to conversion to C3AH6 is avoided.
One of the noteworthy characteristics of high alumina cement is its ability to accelerate the setting time of Portland cement, accelerate its strength, and mitigate the heat of hydration
The proper addition of high alumina cement can make the mixture with Portland cement obtain satisfactory hydration property, which can obtain high early strength and retain good long-term strength. When the addition amount of high alumina cement is 10%, the strength of 6 hours can be obtained, and the strength will increase continuously in the course of curing.
In a word, the mixture of high alumina cement and Portland cement can change the properties of the two kinds of cement, and develop new cementing materials.
High Alumina Cement Mix with Gesso
The mixture of high alumina cement and gesso watered and stirred, will have interreaction and form ettringite:
3CA+3CaSO4+41H2O→C3A•3 CaSO4•32H2O+6Al(OH)3
3CA+CaSO4+21H2O→C3A•CaSO4•12H2O+6Al(OH)3
Gesso bauxite expansive cement, anhydrite bauxite cement, self-stressing cement and cement expansive material are all the use of the reaction principle.
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