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Cement Chemistry and Sustainable Cementitious Materials
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18 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: Research context on sustainable cementitious materials
Set up the context of sustainability in the research about cementitious materials Week 2: Hydration of cement
Introduction to cement chemistry and hydration mechanism Week 3: SEM -EDX
How to use SEM-EDX to characterize cement. Learn the best practices and LMC tips. Week 4: Cement and kinetics
Go deeper in cement hydration and kinetics of the reaction. Learn how to use isocalorimetry to follow the reaction: best practices and LMC tips. Week 5: XRD 1
Learn the basics on XRD and how to prepare samples for XRD Week 6: XRD 2
Apply XRD to cementitious materials and go deeper on analyzing the XRD results.
Prerequisite
This course will go into the details of the mechanisms of cement hydration. The most useful techniques for the characterization of cementitious materials will also be quite deeply explained.
In order to assimilate all this information, it is recommended for the attendees to have a solid background in chemistry, physics and crystallography, or a bachelor in Materials Science.
Instructors
Karen Scrivener
Director of the Laboratory of Construction Materials
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Ruben Snellings
Researcher at the Sustainable Materials Management Unit of VITO
Flemish Institute of Technological Research
Aurélie Favier
Postdoctoral Researcher
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Xuerun Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
François Avet
Zhangli Hu
Fernando Martirena
Director of Center for Research & Development of Structures and Materials (CIDEM)
Marta Abreu Central University of Santa Clara
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The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, English: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) is a research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, that specialises in physical sciences and engineering.
One of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, the school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:
Educate engineers and scientists to the highest international standing
Be a national center of excellence in science and technology
Provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and the industry
EPFL is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world for engineering and sciences, ranking 17th overall and 10th in engineering in the 2015 QS World University Rankings; 34th overall and 12th in engineering in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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