Studies on delayed ettringite formation in heat-cured mortars: II. Characteristics of cement that may be susceptible to DEF

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1737-1742

  Zhang, Zhaozhou ^a,b   Olek, Jan ^a   Diamond, Sidney ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boral Material Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement composition; DEF index; Delayed ettringite formation (DEF); Expansion; Optimum sulfate content

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPOSITION; CRACK INITIATION; CURING; GYPSUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

HEAT-CURING;

MORTAR;

EID: 0036836999     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00894-3     Document Type: Article

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