Answer 1:
I looked through the scientific literature for
calcium aluminates and I did not find any evidence
that monocalcium aluminate
decahydrate(CaO.Al2O3.10H2O)
will add water to become monocalcium
aluminateundecahydrate
(CaO.Al2O3.11H2O), so
I'm not sure there is an answer to your question.
The only undecahydrate I found in this chemical
family was
Ca4Al2O7.11H2O
which is not the same compound you asked
about. Most calcium aluminate hydrates have
a hexagonal structure. The powder diffraction
patterns for any hexagonal structure will be very
similar with only, as you say, a slight difference
corresponding to differences in d spacings. If
changing the hydration of the compoundchanges the
overall crystal structure, then you will get an
entirelydifferent pattern, as in the case of
Ca3Al2(OH)12
which has a
cubicstructure. References: Edmonds,
R.N.; Majumdar, A.J. "The Hydration of Monocalcium
Aluminateat Different Temperatures." Cement and
Concrete Research. 1988, 18,311-329. Jensen,
T.R.; Christensen, A.N.; Hanson, J.C.
"Hydrothermal transformation of the calcium
aluminum oxide hydrates
CaAlsO4.10H2O and
Ca2Al2O5.8H2O
to Ca3Al(OH)12 investigated
by in situ synchrotronX-ray powder diffraction."
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