Comprehensive phase characterization of crystalline and amorphous phases of a Class F fly ash

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-156

  Chancey, Ryan T ^a   Stutzman, Paul ^b   Juenger, Maria C G ^c   Fowler, David W ^c  

^a Nelson Architectural Engineers Inc   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous material (b); Characterization (b); Fly ash (b); Image analysis (b); SEM (b); X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; CLASS-F; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; OXIDE CONTENTS; PHASE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE PHASE ANALYSIS; RIETVELD; SEM; SYNERGISTIC METHOD; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449646217     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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