A Low-Cost, Computer-Controlled Adiabatic Calorimeter for Determining the Heat of Hydration of Concrete

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-266

  Gibbon, G J ^a   Ballim, Y ^a   Grieve, G R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Portland Cement Institute of Argentina   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Concrete; Hydration; Thermal behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; CONCRETES; CURING; HEAT CONDUCTION; HYDRATION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CURING TESTS;

CALORIMETERS;

EID: 0031094347     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11488j     Document Type: Article

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