ACTIVITY OF POLYDISPERSE MINERAL COMPONENTS AND THEIR ROLE IN FORMATION OF STRUCTURE AND STRENGTH OF PORTLAND CEMENTS
Among the large number of well-known and widely used active mineral additives of natural and artificial origin, zeolitic tuffs, an aluminosilicate with microporous framework structure, are of a great interest. Porous active mineral additives also include expanded perlite, which is obtained by thermal treatment of natural perlite – alkaline aluminum silicate glass. The activity of zeolite and perlite is connected to their ability to react with Са(ОН)2 and SO42-. In addition to the composition, their dispersion also has a significant impact on the activity level of mineral additives.