The correlation between compressive strength and ultrasonic parameters of calcium aluminate cement materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1451-1457

  Matusinovic T ^a   Kurajica, S ^a   Sipusic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Calcium aluminate cement; Compressive strength; Hydration; Lithium compounds; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CALCIUM ALUMINATE CEMENT (CAC); GAUSS FUNCTIONS; SINE WAVES;

CEMENTS;

EID: 3142774345     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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