Exploitation of poor Greek kaolins: Strength development of metakaolin concrete and evaluation by means of k-value

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1035-1041

  Badogiannis, E ^a   Papadakis, V G ^b   Chaniotakis, E ^c   Tsivilis, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Patras Science Park   (Greece)

^c TITAN CEMENT COMPANY S A   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; k Value; Kaolin; Metakaolin

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; KAOLIN; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADMIXTURES; K-VALUE; METAKAOLINS; POZZOLANIC MATERIALS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 2142767015     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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