Textural and mechanical characterization of C-S-H gels from hydration of synthetic T1-C3S, β-C2S and their blends;Caracterización textural y mecánica de geles C-S-H formados en la hidratación de muestras sintéticas T1-C3S, β-C2S y sus mezclas

Materiales de Construccion

Volumn 61, Issue 302, 2011, Pages 169-183

  Goni S ^a,b   Guerrero, A ^a,b   Puertas, F ^a,b   Hernandez M S ^a   Palacios, M ^c   Dolado, J S ^b   Zhu, W ^d   Howind, T ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C S H gel; C2S; C3S; Textural characterization and nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959721673     PISSN: 04652746     EISSN: 19883226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/mc.2011.00511     Document Type: Article

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