Setting of calcined gypsum is retarded by the addition of citric acid and sodium citrate respectively And setting of prepared gypsum plaster, which is calcined gypsum contained 5% of Ca (OH)
2, is also retarded by the addition of above-mentioned retarders.
For the mechanism of these retarding effect, many investigators support the view 1) or 2) as follows : 1) Slightly soluble calcium citrate is adsorbed on the surface of calcined gypsum CaSO
4·1/2H
2O, and. then deposit of CaSO
4·1/2H
2O is prevented.
2) Slightly soluble calcium citrate is adsorbed on the surface of deposited CaSO
4·1/2H
2, and growth of its crystal is prevented.
Authors never deny the phenomenon of adsorption. But authors think that the complex formation is also one of important factors for retarding effect, and make as following experiments. In addition, authors. experimented about Ca (OH)
2-Citrate system in order to study on retarding effect of sodium citrate under strong alkalinity.
1) Measurement of setting time of calcined gypsum and prepared gypsum plaster.
2) Reaction between Ca (OH)
2 and sodium citrate in liquid phase.
3) Conductivity of Ca (OH)
2-Citrate system.
From 2) and 3), authors confirmed complex formation between Ca2+ ion and citrate ion, and concluded as follows : Retarding effect of sodium citrate to prepared gypsum plaster-under strong alkalinity, is based on the formation of calcium-citrate complex.
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