Role of an amorphous silica in portland cement concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-753

  Roy, Amitava ^a   Moelders, Nicholas ^b   Schilling, Paul J ^c   Seals, Roger K ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Microscopy; Microstructure; Mineralogy; Portland cement; Recycling; Silica

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CONCRETES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATED LIME; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PORE SIZE; POZZOLAN; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

AGGREGATE-PASTE INTERFACE; AMORPHOUS SILICA; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY MICROANALYSIS; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

CEMENT; CONCRETE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

EID: 33751083558     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2006)18:6(747)     Document Type: Article

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