title: Time- and space-resolved dynamic studies on ceramic and cementitious materials.
abstract: A review is given of the results and lessons arising from a sustained in situ diffraction study of the structure and performance of functional ceramic/cementitious materials in which synchrotron-based energy-dispersive diffraction has been the central under-pinning technique. Five particular points of discussion emerge: the demands on time resolution; the use of penetrating radiation for the in situ mode; the need for complementary techniques; re-analysing of data; spatially resolved diffraction: a new tomography. These aspects are discussed in turn using illustrative examples taken from the fields of cement hydration, clay intercalation, cation-exchanged zeolites, and particulate/fluid invasion into building and archaeological objects.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Materials Group, Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK. barnes@img.cryst.bbk.ac.uk
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