Properties of concrete in the cover zone: Water penetration, sorptivity and ionic ingress

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-156

  McCarter, W J ^a   Ezirim, H ^a   Emerson, M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; IONIC CONDUCTION IN SOLIDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

CONCRETE COVER ZONE; CONCRETE REBAR LEVEL; CONCRETE SORPTIVITY; IN SITU MONITORING TECHNIQUES; WATER PENETRATION DEPTH;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0030247344     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1996.48.176.149     Document Type: Article

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