The hornification of vegetable fibers to improve the durability of cement mortar composites

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 586-595

  Claramunt, Josep ^a   Ardanuy, Mnica ^a   García Hortal, José Antonio ^a   Filho, Romildo Dias Tolêdo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cement mortar composites; Cotton linters; Durability; Hornification; Mechanical properties; Softwood pulps; Vegetable fibers

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENT-BASED MATRICES; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COTTON LINTERS; CURE TREATMENT; FIBER REINFORCED CEMENT; FIBER TYPES; HORNIFICATION; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SOFTWOOD KRAFT PULPS; SOFTWOOD PULPS; WET-DRY CYCLE;

CEMENTS; COTTON; FIBERS; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORTAR; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOFTWOODS; VEGETABLES;

DURABILITY;

CEMENT; COMPOSITES; COTTON; DURABILITY; FIBERS; KRAFT PULPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORTAR; SOFTWOOD PULPS; SOFTWOODS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79955066343     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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