Changes in pore structure and mercury contact angle of hardened cement paste depending on relative humidity

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 35, Issue , 2002, Pages 477-486

  Adolphs, J ^a,b   Setzer, M J ^c   Heine, P ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POROTEC GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPILLARITY; COLLOIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; HARDENING; MERCURY (METAL); PORE SIZE; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0036709443     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02483135     Document Type: Article

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