The influences of admixtures on the dispersion, workability, and strength of carbon nanotube-OPC paste mixtures

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Collins, Frank ^a   Lambert, John ^a   Duan, Wen Hui ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cement; Dispersion; Strength; Workability

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION; CEMENT MATRIX; CNT DISPERSION; DISPERSANTS; HARDENED PASTE; LIGNOSULFONATES; NAPHTHALENE SULFONATES; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; POLYCARBOXYLATES; PRE-QUALIFICATION; SEM ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; WORKABILITY;

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUTADIENE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CEMENTS; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; DISPERSION (WAVES); MIXTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NAPHTHALENE; PORTLAND CEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STYRENE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84655170170     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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