States of water in hydrated C3S (tricalcium silicate) as a function of relative humidity

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2516-2523

  Nemes, Norbert M ^a,b   Neumann, Dan A ^b   Livingston, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^c Office of Research Development and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; HYDRATED TRICALCIUM SILICATE; QUASI-ELASTIC NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSLATIONAL VIBRATIONS; WATER CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CEMENTS; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33749829638     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0332     Document Type: Article

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