Influence of the interfacial transition zone and microcracking on the diffusivity, permeability and sorptivity of cement-based materials after drying

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 571-589

  Wong, H S ^a   Zobel, M ^a   Buenfeld, N R ^a   Zimmerman, R W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT PASTE; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM AGGREGATE SIZES; OXYGEN DIFFUSIVITY; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION EFFECTS; PERMEABILITY TESTING; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SAND CONTENT; SORPTIVITY; TOTAL POROSITY;

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CONCRETES; DIFFUSION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; OXYGEN; PLASTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA FUME; SOLVENTS; TITRATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 70449669227     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 1751763X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2008.61.8.571     Document Type: Article

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