Microstructural investigations of naturally and artificially weathered autoclaved aerated concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1423-1432

  Kus, Hülya ^a,b   Carlsson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autoclaved aerated concrete; Carbonation; Characterisation; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AUTOCLAVES; CALCITE; CARBONATION; DEGRADATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GYPSUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACES; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0041522264     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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