Abstract:Tricalcium silicate(C3S) with different polymorphism were prepared by a calcination method with Ca(OH)2 and SiO2 as raw materials and MnO2 as doping agent. The influences of MnO2 on grains growth and polymorphism transformation of C3S were investigated by phase diagram analysis, XRD, IR and MDI jade5.0 software. The results indicate that from the TGA and phase diagram analyses, the doping of MnO2 will reduce the formation temperature of C2S and liquid phase, resulting in promoting the formation of C3S. The crystal grain size and polymorphisms of C3S are influenced by the addition of MnO2. Crystal grain size of the C3S samples decreases by increasing the doping of MnO2, due to nucleation rate rather than growth rate of C3S in the CaO SiO2 binary system. The results from crystal plane index and IR demonstrate that polymorphism was transformed from TⅢ to R mode due to the addition of MnO2. M mode C3S exists in stable state at w(MnO2)<3.0%, R mode C3S exists in stable state at w(MnO2)≥3.0%.