Water as the key to expansion of ettringite in cementitious materials

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2104, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Nair, Syam ^a   Little, Dallas ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT ADDITIVES; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRYING; EXPANSION; FLY ASH; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

'DRY' [; CASE HISTORY; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CURING CONDITION; ETTRINGITES; EXTERNAL SOURCES; GROWTH HISTORY; HIGH-SULFATE CONTENT; HISTORY ANALYSIS; THAUMASITE;

LIME;

EID: 76649128705     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2104-06     Document Type: Article

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