Effect of the interfacial transition zone on the conductivity of portland cement mortars

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1137-1144

  Shane, John D ^a   Mason, Thomas O ^a   Jennings, Hamlin M ^a   Garboczi, Edward J ^b   Bentz, Dale P ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; HYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; RANDOM WALK ALGORITHM;

MORTAR;

EID: 0033737295     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01344.x     Document Type: Article

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