Densified silica fume: Particle sizes and dispersion in concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 849-859

  Diamond, Sidney ^a   Sahu, Sadananda ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RJ Lee Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA; ULTRASONICS;

AGGLOMERATES; CLUSTERS; DENSIFIED SILICA FUMES; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33845785201     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9087-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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