Durability of kraft pulp fiber-cement composites to wet/dry cycling

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-448

  Mohr, B J ^a   Nanko, H ^b   Kurtis, K E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beating; Bleaching; Drying; Durability; Fiber cement; Microscopy; Pulp; Wet dry cycling

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENTS; CRACK INITIATION; DEGRADATION; HYDRATION; KRAFT PULP; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLASTICIZERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOUGHNESS;

INTERLAYER DEBONDING; KRAFT PULP FIBER-CEMENT COMPOSITES; POZZOLANIC MATERIALS; WET/DRY CYCLING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

ADHESIVES; COMPOSITES; HYDRATION; KRAFT PULPS; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 14044256476     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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