Sorel's cement mortars : Decay susceptibility and effect on Pentelic marble

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1929-1935

  Maravelaki Kalaitzaki, P ^a   Moraitou, G ^b  

^a General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Culture   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbonation; Cracks; Efflorescence; Magnesium oxychloride cement; Sulfation

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EFFLORESCENCE; HYDRATION; MARBLE; MORTAR;

DECAY SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNESIUM OXYCHLORIDE CEMENT; PENTELIC MARBLE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0033346136     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(99)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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