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Crystal Structure of Tobermorite

Nature volume 177, pages 390–391 (1956)Cite this article

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WE have examined the crystal structure of tobermorite, using crystals given to us by Mr. J. D. C. McConnell, who has published a preliminary description of them1. The substance is a hydrated calcium silicate, closely related to, or identical with, the calcium silicate hydrate I found by Taylor2 in set cements. Its composition, as found by McConnell1, is Ca5Si6O22H10, and this is compatible with our present results, so far as they go.

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MEGAW, H., KELSEY, C. Crystal Structure of Tobermorite. Nature 177, 390–391 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177390a0

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