Effect of the silicate structure on calcium elution behaviors of calcium-silicate based mineral phases in aqueous solution

Abstract

In this study, the effect of the silicate structure of calcium-silicate based mineral phases on their Ca elution behaviors into water was investigated. The Ca elution behaviors of Ca-silicate based mineral phases with different skeleton silicate structures in ion-exchanged water were analyzed using the powder leaching test. The elution amount of Ca was in the order alite (Ca3SiO5) > belite (γ-Ca2SiO4) > rankinite (Ca3Si2O7) > pseudowollastonite (α-CaSiO3) > wollastonite (β-CaSiO3) ≈ cuspidine (Ca4Si2O7F2) > diopside (CaMgSi2O6) > hedenbergite (CaFeSi2O6) > tremolite (Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2) > anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8). This suggests that the elution amount of Ca decreased with the skeleton silicate structure became more complicated.