Thaumasite form of sulfate attack (TSA) in limestone cement pastes

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 1711-1714

  Tsivilis, S ^a   Sotiriadis, K ^a   Skaropoulou, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; SULFATE ATTACK; THAUMASITE; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DETERIORATION; HYDRATED LIME; LIMESTONE; SULFURIC ACID; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

DETERIORATION; HYDRATED LIME; LIMESTONE; PORTLAND CEMENT; SULFURIC ACID; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33750973343     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2006.05.048     Document Type: Article

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