Hydration of cement and pore structure of concrete cured in tropical environment

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1947-1953

  Zhang, Shuqiang ^a   Zhang, Minhong ^b  

^a Smar Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Curing; Hydration; Pore size distribution; Temperature; w c ratio

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; CURING; HYDRATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

OUTDOOR AIR; TREND DAYS; W/C RATIO;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33750241032     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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