The influence of different curing conditions on the pore structure and related properties of fly-ash cement pastes and mortars

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 383-393

  Poon, C S ^a   Wong, Y L ^a   Lam, L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cement pastes; Curing; Fly ash

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BINDERS; CEMENT ADDITIVES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; DURABILITY; FLY ASH; MORTAR; POROSITY;

BINDER RATIOS; FLY ASH CEMENT PASTES;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0031250209     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(97)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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