Percolation due to overlapping ITZs in laboratory mortars? A microstructural evaluation

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 949-955

  Diamond, Sidney ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron imaging; Interfacial transition zone; Microstructure; Modeling; Mortar

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE (ITZ);

MORTAR;

EID: 0038137266     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00996-1     Document Type: Article

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