Alkali-silica reaction products: Comparison between samples from concrete structures and laboratory test specimens

Materials Characterization

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1379-1393

  Šachlová, Šárka ^a   Přikryl, Richard ^a   Pertold, Zdeněk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkali silica gel; Alkali silica reaction; Concrete; Mortar specimen; Optical microscopy; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATING SOLUTION; ALKALI-SILICA GEL; ALKALI-SILICA REACTION; BRIDGE STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCRETE SAMPLES; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL SPECIMENS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MORTAR SPECIMEN; SEM/EDS;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MORTAR; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 78649982390     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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