Characterization of pore structure in cement-based materials using pressurization-depressurization cycling mercury intrusion porosimetry (PDC-MIP)

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1120-1128

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Ye, Guang ^a,b   van Breugel, Klaas ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cement paste (D); Mercury porosimetry (B); Pore size distribution (B); Pressurization depressurization cycling

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANALYSIS METHOD; APPLIED PRESSURE; BACK-SCANNING; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT HYDRATION; CEMENT PASTE; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; LARGE PORES; MERCURY INTRUSION; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MERCURY POROSIMETRY (B); NITROGEN SORPTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL TOOLS; TESTING SEQUENCES; WOOD'S METAL;

CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MERCURY (METAL); NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PORE STRUCTURE; PRESSURIZATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORPTION;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 77953137588     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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