By means of analyzing the effect of glycerol sulfate attack resistance of cement-ground limestone cementitious materials at low temperature(5, 5% Na2SO4), the effect of solvent polarity on thaumasite formation was studied. The results showed that the degree of corrosion of cement-limestone powder specimens aggravated with prolonged, and the corrosion products were mainly thaumasite. The specimens without glycerol fell out at edges and corners obviously, while the glycerol reduced the generation of thaumasite in the corrosion products, and the generation of thaumasite decreased with the increase of glycerol content. Glycerol can reduce the generation of thaumasite in cement-ground limestone cementitious material, and lowering environment polarity of cementitious materials could improve the resistance of cementitious material to thaumasite form of sulfate attack at low temperature. ©, 2015, Journal of Functional Materials. All right reserved.