Hydration hardening particle bridging

These expressions are further used in the analysis of the behavior of AF as a function of the various parameters. The challenge here is to overcome the mental barrier associated with the traditional formal approach to this problem. Particular examples of real physical processes and states reflecting various types of behavior of AF include the peptization-coagulation transition in colloid sols and particle bridging in the course of the hydration hardening of mineral binders. 

By all means, the most important and at the same time the oldest nanotechnology in the world is the hydration hardening of cements. Of special interest here is the fact that the nucleation taking place in the supersaturated phase controls both the formation of new phase particles and the formation of bridges between these particles. 

All of these processes indicate the need to examine the conditions of particle bridging as they relate to the origination of residual stresses in the products of hydration hardening. This approach is... 

In order to cause bridging between crystals and particles, one needs to apply external compressive forces. In the laboratory studies, these forces were introduced by applying suitable compression. However, in the course of hydration hardening, such forces are originated in the system internally. One is thus faced with the need to answer a number of questions. Specifically, what is the origin of those forces in the process of structure formation What are the nature, magnitude, and... 

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