Alkali-silica reactivity criteria for concrete aggregates

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 277, 2005, Pages 373-380

  Berra, M ^a   Mangialardi, T ^b   Paolini, A E ^b  

^a CESI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCRETES; DATA REDUCTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICA; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

CEMENTING MATERIALS; DEICING; KINETIC PARAMETERS; TYPOLOGY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 17644385203     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14144     Document Type: Article

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