Identification of concrete deteriorating minerals by polarizing and scanning electron microscopy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 680-685

  Gregerová, Miroslava ^a   Všianský, Dalibor ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Research Institute of Building Materials   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Charles Bridge; Deterioration; Microscopy; Sulphate attack

Indexed keywords

CHARLES BRIDGE; CONCRETE DETERIORATIONS; CONCRETE SAMPLES; ETTRINGITE; HARDENED CONCRETES; MATERIAL STRENGTHS; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL FORMATIONS; NEW APPROACHES; PRAGUE , CZECH REPUBLICS; RISK FACTORS; SULFATE ATTACKS; SULPHATE ATTACK; THAUMASITE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DETERIORATION; GYPSUM; MINERALS; MINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS;

EID: 67349210590     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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