Internal curing and microstructure of high-performance mortars

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 256 SP, 2008, Pages 78-86

  Bentz, Dale P ^a   Stutzman, Paul E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blended cement; Hydration; Internal curing; Microstructure; Porosity; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENOUS DEFORMATIONS; AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BLENDED CEMENT; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; FINE AGGREGATES; HYDRATED CEMENT PASTES; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; INTERNAL CURING; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES; POLISHED SURFACES; SAND GRAINS; SEALED CURING; WATER-CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL RATIO;

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; ELECTRONS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; PLASTER; POROSITY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CURING;

EID: 70349106446     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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