Expansion of alite paste caused by gypsum formation during sulfate attack

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-25

  Tian, Bine ^a   Cohen, Menashi D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PASTES; CHEMICAL ATTACK; CORROSION; CRACK INITIATION; GYPSUM; PORTLAND CEMENT; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALITE PASTE; GYPSUM FORMATION; SULFATE ATTACK;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0034139198     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2000)12:1(24)     Document Type: Article

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