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Calcium aluminates

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Calcium aluminates
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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.

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

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).
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Hydration reaction

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

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