ABSTRACT
A commercially manufactured ordinary portland cement 42.5R based on Chinese National Standard GB/T 8077-2000 was used (came from Urumqi Cement Plant in China). Cotton pulp (DP:576) supplied by AO yang technology limited liability company, Manas, Xinjiang, China; FDN used in this study was commercial products. All other reagents were commercially available and were used without further purification.
