Moisture storage capacity and microstructure of ceramic brick and autoclaved aerated concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 879-885

  Koronthalyova, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Building materials; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Moisture storage capacity; Nitrogen adsorption; Water vapour sorption isotherm

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CURVES; ADSORPTION STORAGE; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION TESTS; AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE; CERAMIC BRICKS; CLAY BRICKS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; NITROGEN SORPTION; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; WATER VAPOUR; WATER VAPOUR SORPTION ISOTHERM;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEWATERING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); MERCURY (METAL); MOISTURE; NITROGEN; PORE STRUCTURE; SORPTION; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 78649860797     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.098     Document Type: Article

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