Porosity of cement paste cured at 45 °C as a function of location relative to casting position

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-108

  Khatib, J M ^a   Mangat, P S ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curing; Fly ash; High temperature; Intruded pore volume; Location; Pore size distribution; Silica fume

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BINDERS; CASTING; CONCRETES; FLY ASH; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICA; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

POROSIMETRY;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0037210664     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(01)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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