Micrometer-scale 3-D shape characterization of eight cements: Particle shape and cement chemistry, and the effect of particle shape on laser diffraction particle size measurement

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-739

  Erdogan S T ^a   Nie, X ^b   Stutzman, P E ^c   Garboczi, E J ^c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

A. Fineness, grinding; B. Characterization, particle size distribution, laser diffraction; E. Cement manufacturers

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; A. FINENESS, GRINDING; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; CEMENT CHEMISTRY; CEMENT MANUFACTURERS; CEMENT PARTICLES; CEMENT POWDER; CEMENT PRODUCTION; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROMETER-SCALE; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE LENGTH; PARTICLE SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHAPE MEASURE; SIZE RANGES; SPHERICAL HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON BEAMLINES; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; VOXEL SIZE;

CEMENT INDUSTRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER SERIES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTLAND CEMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949486029     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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