Hybrid effect of carbon nanotube and nano-clay on physico-mechanical properties of cement mortar

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-149

  Morsy, M S ^a   Alsayed, S H ^a   Aqel, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cement mortar; Compressive strength; Microstructure; Nano clay; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BLENDED CEMENT; BLENDED MORTARS; CEMENT MORTAR; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENTITIOUS MATRICES; CLAY PLATELETS; KAOLIN CLAY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; METAKAOLINS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANO CLAYS; NANO-MATERIALS; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; THERMAL ACTIVATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER/BINDER RATIOS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CURING; KAOLIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PORTLAND CEMENT; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 77957684207     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.046     Document Type: Article

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