Backscattered electron imaging of the steel-concrete interface

Corrosion Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 605-610

  Glass, G K ^a   Yang, R ^a   Dickhaus, T ^a,b   Buenfeld, N R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; CORROSION INHIBITORS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; HYDRATED LIME; HYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PH EFFECTS; POLISHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGES;

STEEL CORROSION;

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CONCRETE; IMAGING METHOD; INTERFACE; STEEL;

EID: 0035297690     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-938X(00)00146-3     Document Type: Article

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