materiały: Thaumasite

It was first described in 1878 in Sweden and named from the Greek, "thaumazein", to be surprised, in reference to its unusual composition with carbonate, sulfate and hydroxysilicate anions..

It was first described in 1878 in Sweden and named from the Greek, "thaumazein", to be surprised, in reference to its unusual composition with carbonate, sulfate and hydroxysilicate anions.

Thaumasite is a calcium silicate mineral, containing Si atoms in unusual octahedral configuration, with chemical formula Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O, also sometimes more simply written as CaSiO3·CaCO3·CaSO4·15H2O. It occurs as colorless to white prismatic hexagonal crystals, typically as acicular radiating groups. It also occurs as fibrous masses. Its Mohs hardness is 3.5 and it has a specific gravity of 1.88 to 1.90. Optically it is uniaxial negative with indices of refraction of nω = 1.507 and nε = 1.468. It occurs as a hydrothermal alteration mineral in sulfide ore deposits and geothermal alteration of basalt and tuff. It occurs with zeolites, apophyllite, analcime, calcite, gypsum and pyrite. Thaumasite can also be formed in man-made concrete structures at the detriment of calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H, with dashes denoting the non-stoichiometry of this hydrated cement phase acting as the "glue" in hardened cement paste) during cement alteration, especially when sulfate attack develops. The reaction consuming the silicates of the "cement glue" can lead to harmful decohesion and softening (more rarely to expansion and cracking) of concrete. Unlike conventional sulfate attack, in which the calcium hydroxide (portlandite) and calcium aluminate hydrates react with sulfates to form gypsum and ettringite (an expansive phase) respectively, in the case of the thaumasite form of…

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