Measurement of the viscosity of resins used in SEM specimen preparation

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 995-1000

  Diamond, Sidney ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Epoxy resins; Scanning electron microscopy; Specimen preparation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CONCRETES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; VISCOSITY;

CEMENT PASTE; CONCRETE SPECIMENS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 35048839153     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9196-7     Document Type: Article

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