Mechanism of sulfate attack: A fresh look - Part 2. Proposed mechanisms

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-346

  Santhanam, Manu ^a   Cohen, Menashi D ^b   Olek, Jan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Durability; Mechanism; Microstructure; Modeling; Sulfate attack

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; DIFFUSION; DURABILITY; GYPSUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR;

SURFACE SKIN;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0037349149     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00958-4     Document Type: Article

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