The rate constantw as formulatedb ased on thet heoryo f ratep rocessest o showt he theoretical relationshipb etweenr eactionk ineticsa nd reactionm echanicso f cement-waters ystem. The reactionm echanicsw as formulatedb y a system of the cement-watelra tticem odel, which includest he engineeringp arameters ucha s waterc ement ratio, d egreeo f hydrationa ndw ater content.T hem ethodo f solutionw as basedo n statisticatlh ermodynamicasn da generali dea of mixing.T he methodo f this studyw as able to calculatet he ratec onstantu nderv ariousc ement properties, mix proportion and degree of hydration. Numerical examples of Gibbs' free energy and r ate constantw ere shown duringh ydrationp rocessu ndervariousw ater cement ratio, and the characteristicosf the rate constantw ere examinedu nder differentb ond water ratio.