This volume focuses on research and practical issues linked to Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete. The main subjects are geology of clays, hydration and performance of blended systems with calcined clays, alkali activated binders, economic and environmental impacts of the use of calcined clays in cement based materials.

Topics addressed in this book include the influence of processing on reactivity of calcined clays, influence of clay mineralogy on reactivity, geology of clay deposits, Portland-calcined clay systems, hydration, durability, performance, Portland-calcined clay-limestone systems, hydration, durability, performance, calcined clay-alkali systems, life cycle analysis, economics and environmental impact of use of calcined clays in cement and concrete, and field applications.

This book compiles the different contributions of the 1st International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, which took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, June, 23-25, 2015.The papers present the latest research in their fields. It contains nearly 80 papers and abstracts.

Overall, this work gives a broad view of research on calcined clays in the field of construction and will stimulate further research into calcined clays for sustainable concrete.

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PART I.- Sulphate and ASR resistance of concrete made with calcined clay blended cements.- The influence of metakaolin on limestone reactivity in cementitious materials.- Sustainable secondary resources from Brazilian kaolin deposits for the production of calcined clays.- Carbonation of blended binders containing metakaolin.- Service Life and Environmental Impact due to Repairs by Metakaolin Concrete after Chloride Attack.- Properties of Calcined Lias Delta clay - technological effects, physical characteristics and reactivity in cement.- Alternative binders based on lime and calcined clay.- Optimization of cements with calcined clays as supplementary cementitious materials.- Feasibility of Calcined Marl as an Alternative Pozzolanic Material.- From ancient to modern sustainable concrete.- Pozzolanicity of calcined clay.- Research on properties of MK -CFBCA mineral admixtures.- Optimization of alkali activated Portland cement calcined clay blends based on phase assemblage in the Na2O CaO Al2O3 SiO2 H2O system.- Phase assemblages in hydrated Portland cement, calcined clay and limestone blends from solid-state 27Al and 29SI MAS NMR, XRD, and thermodynamic modeling.- Heated Montmorillonite: Structure, Reactivity, and Dissolution.- Reactivity of heated kaolinite from a combination of solid state NMR and chemical methods.- Durability of Portland cement blends including calcined clay and limestone: interactions with sulfate, chloride and carbonate ions.- Thermodynamic Modeling of Portland Cement Metakaolin Limestone Blends.- The impact of VMA on the rheology, thixotropy and robustness of self-compacting mortars.- Calcined Coal Gangue and Clay Shale for Cementitious Materials without Clinker.- Red ceramic wastes: A calcined clay pozzolan.- Assessment of sustainability of low carbon cement in Cuba. Cement pilot production and prospective case.- Ternary blended cement with limestone filler and kaolinitic calcined clay.- Blended cements withkaolinitic calcined clays: study of the immobilization of Cr(VI).- The efficacy of calcined clays on mitigating alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in mortar and its influence on microstructure.- Influence of MK-based Admixtures on the Early Hydration, Pore Structure and Compressive Strength of Steam Curing Mortars.- Design and preparation of metakaolin-based mineral admixture and its effects on the durability of concrete.- Reactivity and microstructure of calcined marl as supplementary Cementitious material.- Assessing the synergistic effect of Limestone and Metakaolin.- Study on influence of limestone powder on the fresh and hardened properties of early age metakaolin based geopolymer.- Evaluation of the permeation properties of concrete added with a petrochemical industry waste.- Calcined illitic clays as Portland cement replacements.- Low carbon cement: durability performance assessment with laboratory and site tests.- Influence of the manufacturing process on the performance of low clinker, calcined clay, limestone, Portland cement.- Assessment of sustainability of low carbon cement in Cuba. Cement pilot production and prospective case.- Development of Room Temperature Curing Geopolymer from Calcined Water-Treatment-Sludge and Rice Husk Ash.- Characterising the reaction of metakaolin in an alkaline environment by XPS, and time- and spatially-resolved FTIR spectroscopy.- From a view of alkali solution: Alkali concentration to determine hydration process of alkali activating metakaolin.- What happens to 5 year old metakaolin geopolymers: the effect of alkali cation.- Development and introduction of a low clinker, low carbon, ternary blend cement in Cuba.- Influence of calcination temperature in the Pozzolanic reactivity of a low grade kaolinitic clay.- Pozzolanic reactivity of low grade kaolinitic clays: influence of mineralogical composition.- Industrial manufacture of a low-clinker blended cement using low-grade calcined clays and limestone as SCM: the Cubanexperience.- Development of Low Cost Geopolymer from Calcined Sedimentary Clay.- Hydrothermal synthesis products of CaO metakaolin H2O system at 90°C.- Reactivity of calcined clay in alite-calcium sulfoaluminate cement hydration.- Primary kaolin waste as pozzolanic material in dry concrete: mechanical properties and resistance to attack by sulphates.- The influence of cavitation treatment on amorphization of kaolinite in the dispersion of the kaolin Na2OnSiO2mH2O NAOH H2O composition.- Role of metakaolin on lowering p of the alkali activated cement concrete in barrier application.- The role of calcined clay cement vis à vis construction practices in India and their effects on sustainability.- Test ing of suitability of supplementary materials mixed in ternary cements.- Compatibility of superplasticizers with limestone- metakaolin blended cementitious system.- Field application of limestone-calcined clay cement in India.- Raw material mapping in selected areas of Rajasthan and...