Water transport through cement-based barriers-A preliminary study using neutron radiography and tomography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 605, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Brew, D R M ^a   de Beer, F C ^b   Radebe, M J ^b   Nshimirimana, R ^b   McGlinn, P J ^a   Aldridge, L P ^a   Payne, T E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b NECSA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cement; Porosity; Radiography; Sorptivity; Tomography; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT-BASED; PORE VOLUME DISTRIBUTION; RESIDUAL WATER CONTENT; SORPTIVITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

CEMENTS; MORTAR; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

RADIOLOGY;

EID: 67649408835     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.146     Document Type: Article

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