A lithium-based admixture for ASR control that does not increase the pore solution pH

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-173, Issue , 1997, Pages 855-868

  Stokes, David ^a   Wang, Hugh ^a   Diamond, Sidney ^b  

^a FMC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixtures; Alkali silica reactions, lithium; Lithium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETE MIXTURES; EXPANSION; NITRATES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SALTS;

ASR EXPANSION; HYDROXIDE CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDE IONS; LITHIUM HYDROXIDE; LITHIUM NITRATE; LITHIUM SALTS; NEUTRAL PH; PORE SOLUTION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0142200215     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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