Determination of the elemental distribution and chemical speciation in highly heterogeneous cementitious materials using synchrotron-based micro-spectroscopic techniques

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1473-1482

  Vespa, M ^a,b   Wieland, E ^a   Dahn R ^a   Grolimund, D ^a   Scheidegger, A M ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cement; micro XAS; SEM based BSE; SEM based EDS; Synchrotron based micro XRF

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICRO-XAS; SEM-BASED BSE; SEM-BASED EDS; SYNCHROTRON-BASED MICRO-XRF;

CEMENTS;

EID: 34848909534     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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