The mineralogy of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350 °C

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Meller, Nicola ^a   Kyritsis, Konstantinos ^a   Hall, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geothermal well cement; Hydration products; Oil well cement; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HYDRATED ALUMINA; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PHASE STABILITY; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WELL CEMENTING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

END MEMBERS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; HYDROGARNET; HYDROTHERMAL REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; TOBERMORITE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 57649217605     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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