Alkali mass balance during the accelerated concrete prism test for alkali-aggregate reactivity

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1147-1153

  Rivard, Patrice ^a,b   Bérubé, Marc André ^c   Ollivier, Jean Pierre ^b   Ballivy, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b INSA Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali aggregate reaction; Alkalis; Expansion; Leaching; Pore solution

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; LEACHING; POROSITY; PRISMS;

CONCRETE PRISM TEST;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0037940187     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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