Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are used to minimize CO2 emissions associated with cement production. However, their global supply is insufficient to meet the growing market demand for cement and concrete, being essential to develop alternative SCMs based on abundant waste streams and lo...
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| author | Chuqing Jiang Hellen Silva Santos Juho Yliniemi Johan Lindén D. D. Ramteke Mirja Illikainen Christopher Cheeseman Paivo Kinnunen |
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| description | Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are used to minimize CO2 emissions associated with cement production. However, their global supply is insufficient to meet the growing market demand for cement and concrete, being essential to develop alternative SCMs based on abundant waste streams and low-cost resources. Fe-bearing Mg-based glasses are promising candidates with the potential to utilize high-volume feedstocks rich in Fe and Mg, but their effectiveness relies on deep understanding of the relationship between glass composition, reactivity, and pozzolanic properties. In this study, Fe-Mg silicate glasses with varying Fe concentrations were precisely engineered through a sol-gel route to better understand the impact of Fe on the glass structure and reactivity. While Fe3+ typically acts as a glass network former, it was observed to also function as an intermediate cation, behaving either as a network former or modifier. Glass reactivity was assessed through aqueous dissolution tests, revealing that the composition and chemical environment of Fe3+ within the glass network significantly influence the dissolution behavior. The introduction of Fe into Mg-Si glasses increased overall reactivity, potentially due to Fe-induced phase separation and the increasing of [FeO6] octahedra sites at higher Fe concentrations, which was also associated to network depolymerization. These findings deepen the understanding of the role of Fe3+ in magnesium silicate glasses, provide key insights into optimizing glass reactivity by fine-tuning the composition, and indicate the potential of these glasses as promising SCMs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d59b2ddd9ec84c3ebb883e71874768e32025-08-20T02:39:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Materials2296-80162024-12-011110.3389/fmats.2024.15094031509403Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applicationsChuqing Jiang0Hellen Silva Santos1Juho Yliniemi2Johan Lindén3D. D. Ramteke4Mirja Illikainen5Christopher Cheeseman6Paivo Kinnunen7Fibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandFibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandFibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandPhysics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, FinlandFibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandFibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United KingdomFibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandSupplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are used to minimize CO2 emissions associated with cement production. However, their global supply is insufficient to meet the growing market demand for cement and concrete, being essential to develop alternative SCMs based on abundant waste streams and low-cost resources. Fe-bearing Mg-based glasses are promising candidates with the potential to utilize high-volume feedstocks rich in Fe and Mg, but their effectiveness relies on deep understanding of the relationship between glass composition, reactivity, and pozzolanic properties. In this study, Fe-Mg silicate glasses with varying Fe concentrations were precisely engineered through a sol-gel route to better understand the impact of Fe on the glass structure and reactivity. While Fe3+ typically acts as a glass network former, it was observed to also function as an intermediate cation, behaving either as a network former or modifier. Glass reactivity was assessed through aqueous dissolution tests, revealing that the composition and chemical environment of Fe3+ within the glass network significantly influence the dissolution behavior. The introduction of Fe into Mg-Si glasses increased overall reactivity, potentially due to Fe-induced phase separation and the increasing of [FeO6] octahedra sites at higher Fe concentrations, which was also associated to network depolymerization. These findings deepen the understanding of the role of Fe3+ in magnesium silicate glasses, provide key insights into optimizing glass reactivity by fine-tuning the composition, and indicate the potential of these glasses as promising SCMs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2024.1509403/fullsustainabilitysol-gelglassreactivityphase separationmagnesium silicate glasses |
| spellingShingle | Chuqing Jiang Hellen Silva Santos Juho Yliniemi Johan Lindén D. D. Ramteke Mirja Illikainen Christopher Cheeseman Paivo Kinnunen Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications Frontiers in Materials sustainability sol-gel glass reactivity phase separation magnesium silicate glasses |
| title | Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| title_full | Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| title_fullStr | Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| title_short | Fe-bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| title_sort | fe bearing magnesium silicate glasses for potential supplementary cementitious applications |
| topic | sustainability sol-gel glass reactivity phase separation magnesium silicate glasses |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2024.1509403/full |
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