Super-critical carbonation of glass-fibre reinforced cement. Part 2: Microstructural observations

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1105-1112

  Purnell, P ^a   Seneviratne, A M G ^b   Short, N R ^b   Page, C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Ceramic Matrix composites; A. Glass fibres; B. Microstructures; D. Optical Microscopy; Super critical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; DRYING; GLASS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POROSITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0141864676     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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