The effect of the silica content of silica fume on its ability to control alkali-silica reaction

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1263-1268

  Boddy, A M ^a   Hooton, R D ^a   Thomas, M D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali silica reaction; Silica content; Silica fume

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPOSITION; CONCRETES;

SILICA FUME (SF);

SILICA;

EID: 0038277331     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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