Calcination of Roman cement: A pilot study using cement-stones from Whitby

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1446-1455

  Hughes, D C ^a   Sugden, D B ^a   Jaglin, D ^a   Mucha, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calcination conditions; Mineralogy; Roman cement; Setting; Strength development

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; MINERALOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCINATION CONDITIONS; ROMAN CEMENT; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT;

CEMENTS;

EID: 43049104196     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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