Differentiating seawater and groundwater sulfate attack in Portland cement mortars

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2132-2137

  Santhanam, Manu ^a   Cohen, Menashi ^b   Olek, Jan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride; Ettringite; Microstructure; SEM; Sulfate attack

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GROUNDWATER; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; SEAWATER; THERMOANALYSIS;

BRUCITE FORMING; CEMENT MORTARS; CHLOROALUMINATE COMPOUNDS; SULFATE ATTACK;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 33751349463     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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