Methods for calculating activation energy for portland cement

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-94

  Poole, Jonathan L ^a,b   Riding, Kyle A ^a,b   Folliard, Kevin J ^a,c   Juenger, Maria C G ^a,c   Schindler, Anton K ^a,d  

^a ACI ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimeter; Hydration; Portland cement

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALORIMETERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTATION THEORY; HYDRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 33947221008     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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