Effect of superplasticizer on plastic shrinkage of plain and silica fume cement concretes

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 642-647

  Baghabra Al Amoudi, Omar S ^a   Abiola, Taofiq O ^a   Maslehuddin, Mohammed ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Concrete; Hot weather; Incompatibility; Plastic shrinkage; Setting time; Silica fume; Superplasticizer

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETES; ETHERS; SHRINKAGE; SILICA; STRAIN;

HOT WEATHER; INCOMPATIBILITY; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE; SETTING TIME; SILICA FUME; SUPERPLASTICIZERS;

PLASTICIZERS;

EID: 33646912534     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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