Determination of water-cement ratio of hardened concrete by scanning electron microscopy

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 987-992

  Sahu, S ^a   Badger, S ^a   Thaulow, N ^a   Lee, R J ^a  

^a RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

BEI; Durability; Porosity; SEM

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; DURABILITY; HARDENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER;

BEI; CAPILLARY POROSITY; WATER-CEMENT RATIO;

CONCRETES;

EID: 5144229059     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.02.032     Document Type: Article

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