Composition of mortar as a function of distance to the brick-mortar interface: A study on the formation of cured mortar structure in masonry using NMR, PFM and XRD

Heron

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-270

  Brocken, H J P ^a   Larbi, J A ^a   Pel, L ^b   Van Der Pers, N M ^c  

^a TNO Bldg and Construction Research   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BRICK; CARBONATION; CURING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MORTAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AIR ENTRAINING AGENTS; POLARIZING-FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY (PFM);

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033282794     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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