Influence of Hydrothermal Conditions on Ultra-light Calcium Silicate Material In-situ Strengthened with Xonotlite Whiskers

摘要

The ultra-light calcium silicate material was reinforced with the method of xonotlite whisker in-situ growth via hydrothermal synthesis. Effects of different hydrothermal temperatures and reaction times on the microstructure and physical properties of the reinforcement were studied in this paper. The results indicated that the hydrothermal temperatures and times posed great impacts on microstructure of the reinforcement. The increase of hydrothermal temperature and time was beneficial to the growth of xonotlite crystal. The effect of buffer and transfer action of the xonotlite whiskers was the key to reinforcing the ultra-light calcium silicate material.