The use of tension testing to investigate the effect of W/C ratio and cement type on the resistance of concrete to sulfate attack

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Boyd, Andrew J ^a   Mindess, Sidney ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sulfate attack; Sulfate resistant cement; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; CONCRETES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

SUFATE ATTACK; SULFATE-RESISTANT CEMENT;

CEMENTS;

EID: 1542790564     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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