Investigating entrained air voids and Portland cement hydration with low-temperature scanning electron microscopy

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1007-1012

  Corr, David J ^a   Juenger, Maria C G ^b   Monteiro, Paulo J M ^c   Bastacky, Jacob ^d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement hydration; Entrained air voids; Ice formation; Low temperature scanning electron microscopy; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HYDRATION; ICE; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NEGATIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CEMENT HYDRATION; ENTRAINED AIR VOIDS; ICE FORMATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 5144227752     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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