About thaumasite formation in Portland-limestone cement pastes and mortars - Effect of heat treatment at 95 °C and storage at 5 °C

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 961-967

  Heinz, D ^a   Urbonas, L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat treatment; Limestone cement; Soundness; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

FILLERS; HEAT TREATMENT; LIMESTONE; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THAUMASITE FORMATION;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0142259425     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00156-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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