Salt weathering of concrete by sodium carbonate and sodium chloride

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-266

  Haynes, Harvey ^a   O'Neill, Robert ^b   Neff, Michael ^c   Kumar Mehta, P ^d  

^a Haynes and Associates   (Australia)

^b Micro Chem Laboratories   (Australia)

^c Michael Neff Associates and A Partner in Chemistry of Concrete   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Durability; Physical salt attack; Salt hydration distress; Salt weathering; Sodium carbonate; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CYLINDERS; CONCRETE SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY CYCLES; SALT HYDRATION; SALT WEATHERING; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION;

CARBONATION; DETERIORATION; DURABILITY; HYDRATION; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 77953561681     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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