Influence of shrinkage-reducing admixtures on moisture absorption in cementitious materials at early ages

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-286

  Sant, Gaurav ^a,b   Eberhardt, Arnd ^c   Bentz, Dale ^d   Weiss, Jason ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Early age; Moisture diffusivity; Moisture transport; Shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA); Sorption; Water absorption; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

EARLY AGE; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; SHRINKAGE REDUCING ADMIXTURE (SRA); SHRINKAGE REDUCING ADMIXTURES;

DIFFUSION; MOISTURE CONTROL; SHRINKAGE; SORPTION; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY ABSORPTION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; CEMENT; DIFFUSIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE TRANSFER; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949286775     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2010)22:3(277)     Document Type: Article

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