PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CEMENT MICROSCOPY

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1 TLA PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CEMENT MICROSCOPY GEORGE R. GOUDA, Editor JAMES BAYLES, Assistant Editor ANDREW KRAFT, Assistant Editor SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY: INTERNATIONAL CEMENT MICROSCOPY ASSOCIATION 1206 COVENTRY LANE, DUNCANVILLE TEXAS, 75137, U.S.A. RIVIERA HOTEL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA MARCH 28 -APRIL 1,1982

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Committee of the International Cement Microscopy Association ICMA Organization A Word of Thanks Forward Introductory Remarks Notes vi vii viii ix x xii PANEL DISCUSSION I APPLICATION OF THE MICROSCOPE TO CLINKER QUALITY CONTROL Introduction 1 Kathy S. Jones, General Portland Inc., U.S.A. Thoughts Regarding the Ono Method of Portland Cement 2 Clinker Analysis W. J. Prout, St. Mary's Cement Company, Canada Application of Ono Method at Canada Cement Lafarge 4 Hung Chen, Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd., Canada Use of the Ono Technique 6 Peter Hawkins, California Portland Cement Co., U.S.A. Interpretations of Burning Conditions with Powder Mounts 7 D. H. Campbill, Portland Cement Association, U.S.A. Comments on Ono's Method and Cement Microscopy 9 Robert C. O'Neill, Kaiser Cement Corporation, U.S.A. PANEL DISCUSSION II APPLICATION OF THE MICROSCOPE TO CONCRETE QUALITY CONTROL What Does It Mean? 11 Bernie Erlin, Erlin & Hime, U.S.A. Concrete Microscopy at the Construction Technology 12 Laboratories D. H. Campbill, Portland Cement Association, U.S.A.

3 Use of the Microscope in the Ready-Mix Concrete 14 Industry Arturo Nisperos, Material Service Corp., U.S.A. SESSION I LIME AND AGGREGATE MICROSTRUCTURES The Microscope and Lime 21 Daniel D. Walker, Jr., Genstar Cement and Lime Co., U.S.A. Microstructure of Natural and Artificial Aggregates 49 George R. Gouda, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait SESSION II CLINKER MICROSTRUCTURE Influence of Second Firing System Incorporated in 50 Suspension Preheater Kilns of Clinker and Cement Quality Ingo E. Dreizler, KHD Humboldt Wedag AG, West Germany Investigation of the Formation of Portland Cement 67 Clinker in a Pilot Rotary Kiln by the Aid of XRD and Microscopy Andras Janko, Central Research and Design Institute for Silicate Industry, Hungary Microscopic Analysis of Portland Cement Clinker Applied 83 to Rotary Kiln and Compressive Strength Control James K. Hicks, General Portland Inc., U.S.A. Jack D. Dorn, Martin-Marietta Cement, U.S.A. Clinker Quality Characterization by Reflected Light 92 Techniques G. R. Long, Blue Circle Industries PLC., England Effects of Kiln Feed Particle Size and Mineralizers 110 of Clinker Microstructure and Cement Quality - a Case Study R. V. Hargave, R. D. Shah, A. K. Chatterjee, and B. S. Rangnekar, Associated Cement Co., Ltd., India The Effect of Burning Environment on the Microscopic 128 Characteristics of Portland Cement Clinker G. R. Long, Blue Circle Industries PLC, England iii

4 Microstructure of Alite Crystals in Portland Clinker 141 Fused in the Induction Generator Cizary Wieja, Institute of Binding Building Materials, Poland; Krystyna Wieja, Institute of Building Materials and Refractories, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland Quantitative Phase Analysis of Cement Clinker by the 156 Analytical Electron Microscope Ferenc O. Tamas and Kristof Kovacs, University of Chemical Engineering, Hungary Applications of Transmission Electron Microscopy to 163 Portland Cement Clinkers and Cement Pastes G. W. Groves, University of Oxford, England Refractory Problems in Portland Cement Manufacture 164 G. R. Long, Blue Circle Industries PLC, England SESSION III CEMENT AND MORTAR MICROSTRUCTURE Use of Heavy Liquids as an Aid in the Microscopical 178 Analysis of Cement Related Materials Jack D. Dorn, Southwestern Portland Cement Co., U.S.A. Mechanism of Hydration of Portland Cement Composite 193 Containing Ferro Silicon Dust M. W. Grutzeck and D. M. Roy, Penn State University, U.S.A. Microstructure of Ettringite Produced by Different 203 Methods Salah Abo El-Enein, Qatar University, State of Qatar Microstructural Analysis of Ettringite Formation: 204 Scanning Electron Microscope Menashi O. Cohen, Northeastern University, U.S.A. The Use of the Petrographic Microscope in Manufacture 225 of Portland Cement and Related Technical Services Richard L. Werner, River Cement Company, U.S.A.

5 Study of the Causes of Mortar Failure by Means of the '235 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Stella L. Marusin, Wiss, Janney, Elstner and Assoc, U.S.A. Microstructure and Properties of Carbonated Pastes 248 and Mortars M. Hornain, B. Mortureaux, and M. Regourd, Microstructures Department, C.E.R.I.L.H., France SESSION IV CONCRETE MICROSTRUCTURE Microstructure of Concretes Containing Silica Fume 249 M. Regourd and B. Mortureaux, Microstructures Department C.E.R.I.L.H., France P. C. Aitchin and P. Pinonnealt, University of Sherbrooke, Canada Influence of the Reaction Between Cement and Laumontite 261 on the Microstructure of Concrete M. Ono, M. Nagashima, S. Saito, and E. Asakura, Mitsubishi Mining and Cement Co., Ltd., Japan Modified Rapid Method for Petrographic Examination 268 of Bulk Aggregate Samples L. Dolar - Mantuani, Consultant Petrographer, Canada The Use of Multidiscipline Approach for Concrete 275 Examination Frederick D. Kinney, Master Builders, U.S.A. A Factor Which May Affect Differences in the Determined 276 Air Content of Plastic and Hardened Air-Entrained Concrete Frank T. Gay, Master Builders, U.S.A. Sulphur Concrete - Inside a New Composite 293 M.E.D. Raymont, Sudic, Canada Fifth Internation Conference of Cement Microscopy; 294 Calls for 1983 Papers Sample Exchange Program 310 Walter Rowe, General Portland,Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA