Micro-analysis of the role of interfacial transition zone in "salt weathering" on concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2052-2059

  Liu, Zanqun ^a,b   De Schutter, Geert ^b   Deng, Dehua ^a   Yu, Zhiwu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concrete; Interfacial transition zone; Micro analysis; Salt weathering; Sulfate attack

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ATTACK; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

CARBONATED CONCRETES; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE SOLUTION; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SALT WEATHERING; SULFATE ATTACK;

CONCRETES;

EID: 77955269305     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.04.053     Document Type: Review

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