Delayed ettringite formation in Swedish concrete railroad ties

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1675-1681

  Sahu, Sadananda ^a   Thaulow, Niels ^a  

^a RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Delayed ettringite formation (DEF); Petrography; SEM; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRANTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALKALI-SILICA REACTION (ASR); DELAYED ETTRINGITE FORMATION (DEF); VISIBLE MAP CRACKING;

RAILROAD TIES;

EID: 4344707259     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.01.027     Document Type: Article

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