Using accelerated test methods to specify admixtures to mitigate alkali-silica reactivity

Cement, Concrete and Aggregates

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Barringer, William L ^a  

^a New Mexico Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated test methods; Alkali silica reaction (ASR) cement; Fly ash; Lithium salts; New Mexico aggregates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040218680     PISSN: 01496123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/cca10430j     Document Type: Article

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