Effect of diatomite addition on fresh and hardened properties of mortars investigated through mixture experiments

Advances in Applied Ceramics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Senff, L ^a   Hotza, D ^b   Labrincha, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diatomite; Flow table test; Mortar; Rheology

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; APPARENT POROSITY; DESIGN OF MIXTURE EXPERIMENT; DIATOMITE; ENTRAINED AIR; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOW TABLE TEST; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; MIXTURE DESIGN; MIXTURE EXPERIMENT; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; SETTING TIME;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; MIXTURES; PORTLAND CEMENT; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; YIELD STRESS;

MORTAR;

EID: 79955057881     PISSN: 17436753     EISSN: 17436761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743676110Y.0000000009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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