Use of diatomite as partial replacement for Portland cement in cement mortars

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 284-288

  Degirmenci, Nurhayat ^a   Yilmaz, Arin ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cement mortar; Cement replacement; Diatomite; Portland cement

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BENDING STRENGTH; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CURING; ICE; MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THAWING; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

CEMENT MORTAR; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; DIATOMITE; DRY UNIT WEIGHTS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZING AND THAWING CYCLES; HIGH POROSITIES; PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS; SULFATE RESISTANCES; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; WATER QUANTITIES;

PLASTER;

EID: 54049136929     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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