Aggregate-cement paste transition zone properties affecting the salt-frost damage of high-performance concretes

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-679

  Cwirzen, Andrzej ^a   Penttala, Vesa ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

EDX; Freezing and thawing; High performance concrete; Interfacial transition zone

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BINDERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZING; FROST EFFECTS; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THAWING;

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (ESEM); HIGH-PERFORMANCE SILICA FUME CONCRETE (HPSFC); INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE (ITZ); MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP);

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 15344339530     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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