Thaumasite form of sulfate attack in limestone cement mortars: A study on long term efficiency of mineral admixtures

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2338-2345

  Skaropoulou, A ^a   Tsivilis, S ^a   Kakali, G ^a   Sharp, J H ^b   Swamy, R N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term performance; Mineral admixtures; Portland limestone cement; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; DURABILITY; FLY ASH; LIMESTONE; MORTAR; PLASTER; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SLAGS; SULFATE MINERALS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; MINERAL ADMIXTURES; PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENT; SULFATE ATTACK; THAUMASITE;

MINERALS;

EID: 62849105083     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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