Effects of lithium salts on ASR gel composition and expansion of mortars

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 913-919

  Kawamura, Mitsunori ^a   Fuwa, Hirohito ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkali aggregate reaction; Backscattered electron imaging; Expansion; Pore solution

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; GELS; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LITHIUM SALTS;

LITHIUM;

EID: 0037696191     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)01092-X     Document Type: Article

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