Using concrete admixtures for sulphuric acid resistance

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-35

  Hewayde, E ^a   Nehdi, M L ^b   Allouche, E ^c   Nakhla, G ^b  

^a Thurber Engineering Edmonton   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

concrete structures; concrete technology manufacture; foundations

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; CHEMICAL ATTACK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; FOUNDATIONS; LOSSES; POROSITY; SILICA FUME; SULFURIC ACID;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE; CONCRETE SEWERS; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY; IMPROVEMENT MECHANISM; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SULPHURIC ACID ATTACKS;

CONCRETE ADDITIVES;

EID: 79551610331     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.2007.160.1.25     Document Type: Article

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