Effects of gypsum formation on the performance of cement mortars during external sulfate attack

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-332

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ettringite; Expansion; Sulfate; Thaumasite; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPANSION; GYPSUM; INCLUSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; THERMOANALYSIS;

SURFACE ZONES;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0037352882     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00955-9     Document Type: Article

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