Cement chemistry centres on the hydration of clinker minerals—primarily tricalcium silicate (C3S), dicalcium silicate (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and ferrite phases—when mixed with water. The ...

Hydration dynamics in electrolyte solutions concerns the time-dependent behaviour of water molecules interacting with dissolved ions. When salts dissolve, ions become enveloped by layers of ...

Optimum performance of upcoming thermochemical energy storage and other technologies depends on proper applications of the principles that underpin salt ion hydration. Now, researchers from Japan have ...