Revisiting the microstructure of hydrated tricalcium silicate - A comparison to Portland cement

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 947-956

  Kjellsen, Knut O ^a   Justnes, Harald ^b  

^a Norcem AS   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alite; C3S; FE SEM; Microstructure; Portland cement; SEM; Tricalcium silicate

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALCIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SUPERPLASTICITY;

ALITE; C3S; FE-SEM; TRICALCIUM SILICATE;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 5144231815     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.02.030     Document Type: Article

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