Sample
Name
Portlandite 96% Sigma-Aldrich 10C 2b CO2 4min
Sample changes
Adsorption of water and condensation of ice on the minerals, some loss of adsorbed water and ice before carbonation process and reduction of portlandite proportion
Substrate material
KBr window, 3mm thickness, 12mm diameter
Comments
dispersion of agglomerate grains on the substrate
Temperature
10.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $^{\circ}C$
Time at T
24.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $min$
Temperature max
10.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $^{\circ}C$
Time at Tmax
24.0 $min$
Type
molecular gas
Fluids
Fluid temperature
10.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $^{\circ}C$
Fluid pressure
2.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $bar$
Time at T, P, pH
4.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $min$
Title
Carbonation process of portlandite with 2 bar of CO2 gas at 10°C during 4 min

Precursors

Materials

Produced sample

Materials
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 on parent sample 2011-05-24 chemical 2 bar of CO2 gas in contact with sample during 4 min at 10°C carbonation process, decrease of mass fraction of Portlandite, increase of mass fraction of Calcite and Aragonite. Reaction: CO2 + Ca(OH)2 => CaCO3 + H2O