“…TEA is usually considered to improve cement compressive strength and, depending on the dosage used, it can also act as a set retarder or accelerator (Aggoun et al, 2008;Aiad et al, 2003;Heren and Ölmez, 1996). Regarding the hydration kinetics, TEA slows down the hydration of the calcium silicate phase, but enhances calcium aluminate hydration and, more particularly, ettringite formation (Han et al, 2015;Huang and Shen, 2014;Ramachandran, 1976;Yang et al, 2017;Yaphary et al, 2017). Furthermore, TEA appears to form complexes with cations such as iron, aluminium or calcium, which might favour the dissolution/precipitation of some mineral phases in cement (Gartner and Myers, 1993;Heinz et al, 2010;Perez, 2002;Yilmaz et al, 1993;Zhang et al, 2016).…”