Self-curing concrete: Water retention, hydration and moisture transport

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1282-1287

  El Dieb, A S ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Absorption; Hydration; Permeable pores; Relative humidity; Self curing concrete; Sorptivity; Water permeability; Water retention

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CURING; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

PERMEABLE PORES; SELF CURING CONCRETE; SORPTIVITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER RETENTION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33846781596     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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