A microbalance study of the effects of hydraulicity and sand grain size on carbonation of lime and cement

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1423-1428

  El Turki, A ^a   Carter, M A ^b   Wilson, M A ^b   Ball, R J ^a   Allen, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonation; Cement; Hydraulic lime; Microbalance

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; HYDRAULICS; LIME; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; HYDRAULIC LIME; LIME MORTARS; LIME PASTES; MICROBALANCE; MIX PROPORTIONS; SAND CONTENTS; SAND GRAIN SIZES; SAND PARTICLES;

CARBONATION;

EID: 57749168635     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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