Determination of the cement content of five samples of hardened concrete by means of optical microscopy

Heron

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-138

  Larbi, J A ^a   Heijnen, W M M ^a  

^a Department of Building Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cement content; Concrete; Optical microscopy; Point counting analysis; Water cement ratio

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXING; LIMESTONE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PORTLAND CEMENT; POZZOLAN; VOLUME FRACTION;

POINT COUNTING ANALYSIS; WATER CEMENT RATIO;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0031338116     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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