Influence of water-to-cement ratio on hydration kinetics: Simple models based on spatial considerations

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-244

  Bentz, Dale P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filler (D); Hydration (A); Kinetics (A); Modeling (E)

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WATER;

KINETICS; MODELING; WATER TO CEMENT RATIO (W/C);

CEMENTS;

EID: 30944460698     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

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