Microstructures of reactive magnesia cement blends

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 706-714

  Vandeperre, L J ^a   Liska, M ^a   Al Tabbaa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydration products; Microstructure; Reactive magnesia cement

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT METALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNESIA; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; PORTLAND CEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPHERES; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER CONTENT; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CEMENT BLENDS; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGH WATER; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; HYDROTALCITE (HTAL); MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE (MDH); MAGNESIUM OXIDE (MGO); MGO CONTENT; MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES; PORTLAND; PULVERISED FUEL ASH (PFA); REACTION PRODUCTS; REFERENCE POINT (RP); SOLID MATRIXES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD) PATTERNS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

HYDRATION;

ASH; BONDING; FUELS; HOLOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT METALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; PORTLAND CEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 47949127101     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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