Why alite stops hydrating below 80% relative humidity

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 987-992

  Flatt, Robert J ^a   Scherer, George W ^b   Bullard, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Humidity; A. Hydration; A. Reaction

Indexed keywords

A. HUMIDITY; A. HYDRATION; A. REACTION; CHEMICAL SHRINKAGE; HYDRATION OF CEMENTS; LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TRICALCIUM SILICATE;

SHRINKAGE; SILICATES; THERMOANALYSIS;

HYDRATION;

EID: 79959992874     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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