Effect of fly ash fineness on microstructure of blended cement paste

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1534-1541

  Chindaprasirt, Prinya ^a   Jaturapitakkul, Chai ^b   Sinsiri, Theerawat ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Suranaree University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blended cement paste; Fineness; Fly ash; Microstructure; Pore size

Indexed keywords

FLY ASH; HYDRATED LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BLENDED CEMENT PASTE;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 33847622159     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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