Alkali Limits for Prevention of Alkali-Silica Reaction: A Brief Review of their Development

Cement, Concrete and Aggregates

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-7

  Hill, Eugene D ^a  

^a Openaka Corporation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate evaluation; Alkali limits; Alkali silica reaction; Concrete performance; Hydraulic cement

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETE TESTING; POZZOLAN; SILICA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

AGGREGATE EVALUATION METHODS; ALKALI LIMITS; ALKALI SILICA REACTIONS; CONCRETE PERFORMANCE;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0030172765     PISSN: 01496123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/cca10305j     Document Type: Review

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