Improving strength, drying shrinkage, and pore structure of concrete using metakaolin

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 937-949

  Güneyisi, Erhan ^a   Gesoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Mermerdaş, Kasim ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Metakaolin; Pore structure; Portland cement; Shrinkage; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; PORE SIZE; POROSIMETERS; SHRINKAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP); METAKAOLIN; PC-MK CONCRETES; WATER-CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS (W/CM);

CLAY;

EID: 42549168948     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-007-9296-z     Document Type: Article

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