Structural changes to the calcium-silicate-hydrate gel phase of hydrated cement with age, drying, and resaturation

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3362-3369

  Thomas, Jeffrey J ^a   Allen, Andrew J ^b   Jennings, Hamlin M ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SEPARATION; CALCIUM-SILICATE HYDRATES; CALCIUM-SILICATE-HYDRATE; CEMENT PARTICLES; CEMENT PASTES; CONSTANT RATES; FRACTAL MODELS; FRACTAL SCATTERING; GEL PHASE; HYDRATED CEMENT PASTES; HYDRATED CEMENTS; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; INTERNAL SURFACE AREAS; IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS; MICRO-METER SCALE; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESTRAINING EFFECTS; SATURATED STATE; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; SOLID PHASES; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENTS; SURFACE AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; COLLOIDS; CURING; DEWATERING; FRACTALS; GELATION; GELS; HYDRATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PORTLAND CEMENT; RATE CONSTANTS; SEPARATION; SILICATES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

HYDRATION;

EID: 53349097436     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02636.x     Document Type: Article

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