Effects of limestone replacement ratio on the sulfate resistance of Portland limestone cement mortars exposed to extraordinary high sulfate concentrations

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2534-2544

  Tosun, Kamile ^a   Felekoǧlu, Burak ^a   Baradan, Bülent ^a   Akin Altun, I ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ettringite; Expansion; pH; Portland limestone cement; Sulfate attack

Indexed keywords

BLENDED CEMENTS; CEMENT MORTARS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DOMINANT PRODUCTS; ETTRINGITE; HIGH-SULFATE CONTENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PH CHANGES; PH VALUES; PHASE MORPHOLOGIES; PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENT; REACTION MECHANISMS; RELATED PRODUCTS; REPLACEMENT RATIOS; S RATIOS; SEM/EDS; SULFATE ATTACK; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REACTIONS; SULFATE RESISTANCES; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; THAUMASITE FORMATIONS; XRD;

BONE CEMENT; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENDRIMERS; DETERIORATION; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; MORTAR; PLASTER; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

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EID: 67349179219     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.02.039     Document Type: Article

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