摘要

The morphologies of brucite formed from MgO hydration under different curing conditions were studied. The results showed that there were relations between the morphologies of brucite and its forming conditions. The size of brucite crystals increased with the curing time, and they were fiber-shaped at lower curing temperature and stick-shaped at higher temperature. When MgO was cured in paste with 10 percent cement, the crystal of brucite was fiber-shaped, while cured in paste with 95 percent cement, the crystal was hexaflaggy-shaped, which aggregated and produced some micro-cracks in paste when the curing temperature was increased.
At 180 degrees C autoclaving temperature of MgO, the brucite was regular hexaflaggy-shaped crystal; for 216 degrees C, it was less irregular. When the paste mixed with 50 percent fly ash, the crystal of brucite was needle-shaped and distributed more evenly, so decreased the deformation and crack of the concrete.