This record comprises the datasets of combined 1H NMR quadrature echo and T1 saturation recovery pulse sequences underlying the publication “On the quantification of solid phases in hydrated cement paste by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry” by Robert Schulte Holthausen & Peter J. McDonald, Cement and Concrete Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106095. In this work different solid phases, important to cement paste hydration, are investigated with low-field bench top 1H nuclear magnetic resonance with a view to developing an alternate characterisation methodology that requires minimal invasive or destructive sample preparation. A combination of the well-established quadrature echo pulse sequence with variable pulse gap together with a T1 saturation recovery quadrature echo pulse sequence is used.

This work received financial support from the Nanocem consortium (www.nanocem.org).