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Table 3 Moles of the reactants and products before and after the carbonization reaction and the summary of the CO2 consumption in four different reaction conditions.

From: Investigation on the Effectiveness of Aqueous Carbonated Lime in Producing an Alternative Cementitious Material

Chemical constituents

No. of Exp

Moles of the reactants and products before and after the carbonization reaction in four different reaction conditions

Condition A

Condition B

Condition C

Condition D

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Moles of Ca(OH)2

(i)

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

(ii)

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

(iii)

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

0.0117

Moles of CO2

(i)

0.0110

0.0127

0.0096

0.0122

(ii)

0.0103

0.0112

0.0103

0.0101

(iii)

0.0107

0.0115

0.0101

0.0114

Average

 

0.0107 ± 0.0004

0.0118 ± 0.0008

0.0100 ± 0.0004

0.0112 ± 0.0011

Moles of CaCO3

(i)

0.0095

0.0118

0.0097

0.0113

(ii)

0.0094

0.0116

0.0098

0.0109

(iii)

0.0098

0.0113

0.0098

0.0110

Average

 

0.0096 ± 0.0002

0.0116 ± 0.0003

0.0098 ± 0.0001

0.0111 ± 0.0002

Mole % of CO2 consumptiona

91.2 ± 3.0

100.1 ± 6.8

85.5 ± 3.1

96.0 ± 9.1

  1. aMole percent of CO2 consumed with respect to the mole of lime (Ca(OH)2).