Minimum cement content requirements: A must or a myth?

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 973-982

  Wassermann, R ^a   Katz, A ^a   Bentur, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbonation; Cement content; Chloride penetration; Concrete; Durability; Standard

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ABSORPTION; CEMENT CONTENT; CHLORIDE INGRESS; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; TOTAL POROSITY; WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURES; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETES; DURABILITY; STANDARDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 67650348627     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-008-9436-0     Document Type: Article

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