Diagnosing delayed ettringite formation in concrete structures

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 841-847

  Thomas, Michael ^a   Folliard, Kevin ^b   Drimalas, Thano ^b   Ramlochan, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali silica reaction (ASR); Delayed ettringite formation (DEF); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALKALI-SILICA REACTION; DELAYED ETTRINGITE FORMATION; LIMEWATER;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 43049128452     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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