Petrographical analysis of calcium aluminate cement mortars : Scanning electron microscopy and transmitted light microscopy

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1881-1885

  Del Cura, García ^a   Garces P ^b   Alcocel, E Garcia ^b  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium aluminate cement; Petrography; SEM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; MORTAR; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM ALUMINATE CEMENT (CAC); TRANSMISSION LIGHT MICROSCOPY;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0033325535     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(99)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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