Hydration of a low-alkali CEM III/B-SiO 2 cement (LAC)

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 410-423

  Lothenbach, Barbara ^a   Le Saout, Gwenn ^a   Ben Haha, Mohsen ^a   Figi, Renato ^a   Wieland, Erich ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blended cements (D); Hydrates (B); Kinetic (A); Supplementary cementitious material (D); Thermodynamics (B)

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; BLENDED CEMENTS (D); CEMENT-BASED; ETTRINGITES; HYDROGARNET; HYDROTALCITES; NANO-SILICA; PH VALUE; PORE SOLUTION; PORE WATERS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SLAG REACTION; SOLID-PHASE; SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL; THAUMASITE; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS;

CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; HYDRATES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SLAGS; SULFATE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDRATION;

EID: 84856319423     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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