Influence of aggregate size, water cement ratio and age on the microstructure of the interfacial transition zone

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1837-1849

  Elsharief, Amir ^a   Cohen, Menashi D ^a   Olek, Jan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron imaging; Image analysis; Interfacial transition zone; Microstructure; SEM

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CEMENT PASTE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0141509849     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00205-9     Document Type: Article

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