Acidic rocks as aggregates in concrete: Engineering properties, microstructures and petrologic characteristics

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Ismail, Ali I M ^a   Sadek Ghabrial, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acidic aggregates; Durability; Microstructure; Strength

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC AGGREGATES; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTING MATERIAL; COARSE AGGREGATES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; ETTRINGITE MINERALS; FINE AGGREGATES; FREE LIME; HYDRATED CEMENT; INTERFACIAL BONDS; NEEDLE-LIKE; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETES; ROCK TYPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SILICATE GEL; STRENGTH;

CALCIUM; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DURABILITY; GELATION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORTLAND CEMENT; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; CONCRETE; DURABILITY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 68349128137     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-009-9253-4     Document Type: Article

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