Application of a microwave impulse technique to the measurement of free water content in early hydration stages of cement paste

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Pavlik J ^a   Tydlitat V ^a   Cerny R ^a   Klecka T ^a   Bouska P ^a   Rovnanikova P ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Cement paste; Hydration; Mechanical properties; Microwave technique

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CALORIMETRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDRATION; MICROWAVES; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE TECHNIQUES;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0036447293     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00930-4     Document Type: Article

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