Thaumasite - Direct, woodfordite and other possible formation routes

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 873-877

  Bensted, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 coordinated silicon; Birunite; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite; Woodfordite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBONATES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

WOODFORDITE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0142259440     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00115-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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