The formation and role of ettringite in Iowa highway concrete deterioration

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 332-343

  Lee, H ^a   Cody, R D ^b   Cody, A M ^b   Spry, P G ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical environment; Delayed ettringite formation (DEF); Ettringite; Long term performance

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACKS; DETERIORATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DELAYED ETTRINGITE FORMATION (DEF); ETTRINGITE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE;

MINERALS;

EID: 13644257908     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.05.029     Document Type: Article

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