Title :

The good, the bad and the ugly polishing: Effect of abrasive size on standardless EDS analysis of Portland cement clinker’s calcium silicates

Author(s) :

Thiéry, Vincent [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement (LGCgE) - ULR 4515 [LGCgE]
Centre for Materials and Processes [CERI MP - IMT Nord Europe]
Dubois, Emmanuel [Auteur]
Microélectronique Silicium - IEMN [MICROELEC SI - IEMN]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Bellayer, Séverine [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]

Journal title :

Micron

Pages :

103266

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2022

ISSN :

0968-4328

English keyword(s) :

Scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis
Portland cement clinker
Polishing
Electron Probe Microanalysis
Optical profilometry
Optical microscopy

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Matériaux
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Génie civil

English abstract : [en]

Standardless Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) on polished samples of Portland cement clinker is routinely performed both for unhydrated phases as well as in cement pastes. Typically, the calcium to silica ratio is ...
Show more >Standardless Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) on polished samples of Portland cement clinker is routinely performed both for unhydrated phases as well as in cement pastes. Typically, the calcium to silica ratio is investigated. EDS analyses are highly dependent on the polishing quality of the sample. It is thus worth studying the Ca/Si ratios of cement phases in a clinker since they can be used as a reference. Indeed, alite (Ca3SiO5 or C3S in cement chemistry notation) and belite (Ca2SiO4 or C2S) should have an atomic Ca/Si ratio of 3 and 2, respectively. EDS carried out under the scanning electron microscope (SEM) is routinely used on polished samples to assess the composition of such phases. In the present study, Ca/Si ratios are investigated on a commercial clinker polished at various steps (6, 3, 1 and 0.25 µm diamond pastes, 0.05 µm alumina). All along the polishing process, ratios are coherent with theoretical ones and with the reference ones obtained by electron probe microanalysis (EMPA) in the present study.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Plateforme de traitement laser pour l'électronique flexible multifonctionnelle

Collections :

• Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement (LGCgE) - ULR 4515

Source :

Harvested from HAL

Submission date :

2025-02-26T10:25:40Z