Effects of water-cement ratio and curing time on the critical pore width of hardened cement paste

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1196-1200

  Atahan, Hakan Nuri ^a   Oktar, Osman Nuri ^a   Taşdemir, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Critical pore width; Hydration degree; Mercury porosimetry; Pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; COLLOIDS; CURING; GELATION; HARDENING; HYDRATION; MERCURY (METAL); OIL WELL CEMENTING; PLASMA WAVES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CEMENT PASTE; CRITICAL PORE WIDTH; HYDRATION DEGREE; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 57749171774     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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