Shrinkage-reducing admixtures and early-age desiccation in cement pastes and mortars

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1075-1085

  Bentz, D P ^a   Geiker, M R ^b   Hansen, K K ^b  

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

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Drying; Humidity; Shrinkage; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BINARY MIXTURES; DEFORMATION; DRYING; MORTAR; SHRINKAGE; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DESICCATION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0035394954     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(01)00519-1     Document Type: Article

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