PhD Project: Developing new clinker phase dissolution equations for use in thermodynamic cement hydration models

To model cement hydration, the phase dissolution is calculated using and empirical method first developed in 1984 for Ordinary Portland Cements (OPC). As modern cements are commonly blended with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as limestone, pulverised fuel ash (PFA) and ground granulated blast furnace slags (GGBFS) to reduce their environmental impact, these equations are no...