The chemical composition and microstructure of hydration products in blended cements

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 967-976

  Escalante Garcia, J I ^a,b   Sharp, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron imaging; Blastfurnace slag; Chemical composition; Microstructure; Pulverised fuel ash; Temperature dependence; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COAL ASH; COMMINUTION; HYDRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BLASTFURNACE SLAG; PULVERIZED FUEL ASH; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 5144226350     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.02.036     Document Type: Article

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