Mesoscopic model of volume changes due to moisture variations in porous materials

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 34-43

  Schiller, P ^a   Bier, Th ^b   Wahab, M ^a   Mogel H J ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute Fur Keramik Glas und Baustofftechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Capillary forces; Porous solids; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION; AIR HUMIDITY; CAPILLARY FORCES; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CYLINDRICAL PORES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENDED THEORY; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; IN DEPENDENCE; MESOSCOPIC MODELLING; MOISTURE VARIATIONS; PORE MODEL; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS SOLIDS; SLIT PORES; SWELLING; VOLUME CHANGES; VYCOR GLASSES; YOUNG-LAPLACE EQUATIONS;

LAPLACE EQUATION;

CEMENT; GLASS;

ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

EID: 49749125213     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.05.046     Document Type: Article

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