Sulfate resistance of plain and blended cements exposed to magnesium sulfate solutions

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1792-1802

  Al Dulaijan, Salah U ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blended cements; Cement mortar; Strength reduction; Sulfate resistance; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA FUME; SULFATE MINERALS; VISUALIZATION;

BLENDED CEMENTS; CEMENT MORTAR; STRENGTH REDUCTION; SULFATE RESISTANCE; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33847671461     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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