... Antonio Telesca (antonio.telesca@unibas.it) 31 10 2025 03 02 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Belite–calcium sulfoaluminate cement ettringite mortars paste thermodynamic modelling UN SDG 12: Responsible...

... 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2025 ettringite modelling mortars paste waste valorisation UN SDG 13: Climate action The environment can be significantly influenced by cement manufacture, which consumes large amounts of natural resources and generates huge...

... applications. 03 09 2021 10 05 2022 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2022 admixtures characterisation techniques compressive strength electron microscopy mortars permeability porosimetry renders retardation rheological/rheological properties special cements testing...

..., and the minimisation of the carbon dioxide emissions. In this context, the present work is an attempt to study the influence of GP with two different specific surface areas (Blaine) GP30 = 300 m²/kg and GP45 = 450 m²/kg, combined with slag, on the mechanical behaviour and durability of mortars...

...) mortars at temperatures of 23, 200, 400, 600 and 800°C was investigated. To investigate the strength parameters of the specimens, the mechanical strength and mass loss of the specimens at ambient temperatures and after exposure to elevated temperatures were determined. Petrographic image analysis was also...

...Luong Pham; Biranchi Panda; Phuong Tran The aim of this research was to develop a three-dimensional (3D) printable high-performance cementitious composite (CC) reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polypropylene (PP) fibres. The characteristics of the fresh mortar were identified...

...Mounir Ltifi; Idrees Zafar This paper investigates the performance of cement mortar with the addition of various percentages of nano-silica (3%, 5% and 10%) at constant water-to-cement ratio. Early age properties of mortar along with the hydration mechanism were determined using flow test, setting...

...Shuai Bai; Xinchun Guan The aim of this paper was to use the surface fractal dimension (D_s) to evaluate the chloride ion penetration of cement mortar in extremely cold regions. Pore structure is a critical factor that influences the permeability of cement mortar. This study...

...Ashish Kumer Saha; Prabir Kumar Sarker Alkali–silica reactivity of granulated ferronickel slag (FNS) aggregate was evaluated by accelerated mortar bar tests. The test results showed noticeable expansions of the samples containing 50% FNS aggregate due to potential alkali–silica reaction (ASR...

...Qi Zhang; Beibei Li; Qiang Zeng; Jiahua Deng; Jiyang Wang; Dongmin Yan Lime mortar with organic additives is one of the most widely used building materials in ancient China and continues to play an important role in historic structure restoration. This study investigated the erosion of ordinary...

... standards GB/T 7897-2008 (SAC, 2008) and GB/T 201-2015 (SAC, 2015). Mortars were put into mould of dimensions 40 mm × 40 mm × 160 mm to carry out the vibration. Three specimens were measured at every age. For OPC mortars, the w/c ratio was kept as 0·5, while the binder-to-sand ratio was 1...

...Hasan Biricik; Işıl Sanrı Karapınar The mechanical and physical properties of volcanic tuffs from central Anatolian province were investigated for use as admixtures in pozzolanic cement. Five different cement mortar specimens were prepared by replacing cement with volcanic tuff in ratios of 0, 15...

... of ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) – blended cements and mortars exposed to a combined sodium chloride–sulfate environment, at temperatures of 20°C and 38°C. The conditions were chosen so as to assess the performance of slag blends under typical temperate and warm tropical marine climatic...

...Chaohua Jiang; Shanshan Huang; Peng Gao; Da Chen The bond and durability properties, including the drying shrinkage, abrasion resistance, water permeability, freeze–thaw and carbonation resistance of mortar containing polyacrylic ester (PAE) and silica fume (SF) were analysed and compared...

.../Na₂SiO₃, NaOH/Li₂SiO₃, KOH/Na₂SiO₃ and KOH/Li₂SiO₃) on the mechanical properties of mortars. Geopolymer mortars using sand were cured at 80°C for 4, 8 and 12 h and compressive strengths were determined. Curing was also done by heating...

...Hongyou Shan; Jinxia Xu; Linhua Jiang; Zhuyin Wang An electrochemical technique was applied to improve mortar durability. Silicate ions were injected into mortar pores to react with calcium hydroxide by applying an electric field, resulting in densification of the mortar. The calcium ions...

...Xiaotong Yu; Yuwen Zhu; Yingdi Liao; Da Chen In this study, the samples of ordinary Portland cement mortar were fully immersed in sodium sulfate solutions of different concentrations (0%, 5% and 15%) for up to 270 d. The evolution of the properties of the samples (compressive strength, static...

... to determine the specific surface area and sieve residue, on cement paste to determine the normal consistency, setting time and heat release, and on cement mortar to assess the compressive and flexural strength. The results showed that the increment of specific surface area (ΔS) at 30 min...

... ratios of added alunite and gypsum. The results showed that when the appropriate amounts of alunite and gypsum were added to the mortar the setting time was controlled between 0·5 h and 1·5 h, compressive strength on the first day and the third day reached 20 MPa and 40 MPa, respectively and the pull-out...

...Hasan Şahan Arel This study examined the effects of magnesium sulfate and sodium sulfide on fresh and hardened cement mortar. Two 410 kg/m³ dosed mortars were produced (water/cement ratios of 0·63 and 0·72). Sulfate salt solutions were prepared in different concentrations and used...