Use of a lithium-bearing admixture to suppress expansion in concrete due to alkali-silica reaction

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1668, 1999, Pages 54-59

  Thomas, Michael D A ^a   Stokes, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FMC Lithium Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; EXPANSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

ALKALI-SILICA REACTION (ASR); LITHIUM BEARING ADMIXTURES;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0033184526     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1668-08     Document Type: Article

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