Development of sample preparation and its interaction with strongly carbonating environment

The main issue described in this paper, is the partial replacement of the classical hydration process by a controlled carbonation process, which leads to significant strength increases in the early stages of hydration. The main advantage of this method is that curing occurs even for normally non-hydraulic minerals. These are confirmed by a cement and steel slag carbonation results achieved in this experiment. Initial strengths of both materials were increased, and the mineral calcite was formed as the main carbonation product.