Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermodynamic modelling have been used to obtain Friedel's salt profiles for saturated mortar cylinders exposed to a 2.8 M NaCl solution. Comparison of the measured Friedel's salt profiles with the total chloride profiles indicates that only a minor part of the chloride ions is bound in Friedel's in the studied Portland cement (P) and limestone blended (L) cement. The chloride binding capacity with respect to the formation of Friedel's salt by consumption of monocarbonate is reached for the P and L mortars, where only a fraction of about 20 % of the amount of C3A is found to contribute to formation of Friedel's salt. Higher amounts of Friedel's salt are formed in the metakaolin containing mortars. However, the limited chloride ingress depths prevent quantification of the potential full chloride binding capacity of Friedel's salt in these mortars.The measured amounts of Friedel's salt by TGA and the portlandite profiles show that the maximum amount of Friedel's salt is found in the region with limited leaching of calcium, which is in good agreement with the predicted Friedel's salt profiles.

The potential of calcium aluminosilicate (CAS) glasses as supplementary cementitious materials is studied in terms of the development of compressive strength for mortars containing a mixture of portland cement, CAS glass, and limestone. In addition, the impact of internal and external alkali activation of the cementitious systems on the mortar performances is investigated. Internal alkali activation is obtained by adding alkali oxides to the CAS glass system, whereas external alkali activation is realized by hydration of the blended cements containing alkali‐free CAS glasses using alkaline solutions. For the internally alkali‐activated systems and the alkali‐free mortars, higher strengths are achieved in comparison to the reference mortar prepared from plain ordinary portland cement. In contrast, the externally alkali‐activated mortars exhibit lower compressive strengths, implying the importance of both the immediate availability of alkali ions in the cementitious system and the increased dissolution rate of the glass particles caused by the network depolymerization. The glasses are also studied by thermal analysis and the results are used to calculate the theoretical CO2 emissions. The lowest embodied CO2 emission is estimated for the blends containing alkali‐activated CAS glasses.