Exploitation of poor Greek kaolins: Durability of metakaolin concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Badogiannis, E ^a   Tsivilis, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concrete; Durability; Metakaolin; Permeability; Pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; DURABILITY; GAS PERMEABILITY; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LIQUIDS; PORE SIZE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDS;

CEMENT CONTENTS; CHLORIDE PENETRATIONS; CHLORIDE PERMEABILITIES; CONCRETE; CONCRETE DURABILITIES; HIGH PURITIES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETES; MEAN PORE SIZES; METAKAOLIN; MIXTURE PROPORTIONS; PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PORE SYSTEMS; POROSITY AND PORE SIZES; SORPTIVITY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 60049101447     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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