Formulating a low-alkalinity, high-resistance and low-heat concrete for radioactive waste repositories

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2152-2163

  Cau Dit Coumes, Céline ^a   Courtois, Simone ^b   Nectoux, Didier ^c   Leclercq, Stéphanie ^d   Bourbon, Xavier ^e  

^a CEA Marcoule   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

^e ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete; Mixture proportioning; pH; Pozzolan; Radioactive waste

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINARY MIXTURES; CONCRETES; MORTAR; PH EFFECTS; POZZOLAN; SILICA;

DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS; HYDRATED CEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TERNARY BLENDS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33751381477     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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