Experimental study of the effect of addition of nano-silica on the behaviour of cement mortars

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 900-905

  Ltifi, Mounir ^a   Guefrech, Achraf ^b,c   Mounanga, Pierre ^b,d   Khelidj, Abdelhafid ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cement mortar; Compressive strength; Fresh properties; Nano silice; Setting time

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRATION; MORTAR; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SILICATES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CEMENT HYDRATION PROCESS; CEMENT MORTARS; EFFECT OF ADDITION; FRESH PROPERTIES; GLASSY SILICA; NANO-SILICE; POZZOLANIC REACTION; SETTING TIME;

SETTING;

EID: 80052958809     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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