Possibilities of using the ultrasonic wave transmission method to estimate initial setting time of cement paste

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1336-1342

  Trtnik, Gregor ^a,b   Turk, Goran ^a   Kavčič, Franci ^b   Bosiljkov, Violeta Bokan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Lek dd   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Hydration; Initial setting time; Ultrasonic wave transmission

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; LIGHT VELOCITY; OIL WELL CEMENTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CEMENT PASTE; HYDRATION; INITIAL SETTING TIME; ULTRASONIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

SETTING;

EID: 53649107861     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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