Effects of high alkalinity on cement pastes

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-255

  Garci Juenger, Maria C ^a   Jennings, Hamlin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alkali; Cement; Drying shrinkage; Hydration; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CAUSTIC SODA; CRACK INITIATION; DRYING; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PH; POROSITY; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE;

MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP);

CEMENTS;

EID: 0035353795     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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