M. Sc. Franz Becker - Geozentrum Nordbayern EN

Franz Becker, M. Sc.

GeoZentrum Nordbayern
Chair of Mineralogy (Prof. Dr. Göbbels)

Room HG 2.212
Schlossgarten 5a
91054 Erlangen

Phone number: +49 9131 85-26198
Fax number: +49 9131 85-23734
Email: franz.becker@fau.de
Website: https://www.gzn.nat.fau.de/mineralogie/team/becker

Research Topics

Influence of calcium aluminate hydrates on the hydration of calcium silicates
Methods:
- Qualitative and quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- In-situ XRD, ¹H-NMR relaxometry and isothermal heat flow calorimetry
- Thermodynamic and geochemical modelling
- Influence of sulfate ions on C₃S hydration

Publications

2024

Kleiner F., Becker F., Rößler C., Ludwig HM.:
A Python tool to determine the thickness of the hydrate layer around clinker grains using SEM-BSE images
In: Journal of Microscopy (2024)
ISSN: 0022-2720
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13283

2023

Becker F., Götz-Neunhoeffer F., Neubauer J.:
Enhanced alite dissolution by CAH10 addition
In: Cement and Concrete Research 164 (2023), Article No.: 107051
ISSN: 0008-8846
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2022.107051

2020

Naber C., Kleiner F., Becker F., Long Nguyen-Tuan ., Roessler C., Etzold MA., Neubauer J.:
C-S-H Pore Size Characterization Via a Combined Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Surface Relaxivity Calibration
In: Materials 13 (2020)
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma13071779