Long term behavior of Portland limestone cement mortars exposed to magnesium sulfate attack

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 628-636

  Skaropoulou, A ^a   Tsivilis, S ^a   Kakali, G ^a   Sharp, J H ^b   Swamy, R N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degradation; Long term performance; Portland limestone cement; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CEMENT MORTARS; CURING CONDITION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MASS MEASUREMENTS; MORTAR SPECIMENS; PORTLAND LIMESTONE CEMENT; SILICEOUS SAND; STORAGE PERIODS; SULFATE ATTACK; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; THAUMASITE; THAUMASITE FORM OF SULFATE ATTACK; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY; VISUAL INSPECTION; X- RAY DIFFRACTION;

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CURING; DEGRADATION; MAGNESIUM; MORTAR; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTER; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 68949140786     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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