Water vapour sorption experiments on hardened cementitious materials. Part I: Essential tool for analysis of hygral behaviour and its relation to pore structure

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-437

  Baroghel Bouny, Véronique ^a  

^a Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

Author keywords

(B) Pore structure; (C) Water vapour sorption isotherm hysteresis moisture profile drying

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DRYING; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; WATER ABSORPTION;

CEMENT PASTES; MOISTURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOUR SORPTION ISOTHERM;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33847027310     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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