Evidence on the dual nature of aluminum in the calcium-silicate-hydrates based on atomistic simulations

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1128-1137

  Abdolhosseini Qomi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Pellenq, Roland J M ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CAN; ALUMINUM CONTENTS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BONDING PHASE; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL FORMULAE; DIFFERENT ORDER; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR APPROACH; MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS; MULTISCALES; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ADDITIVES; ALUMINUM; DEFORMATION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICATES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CALCIUM SILICATE;

EID: 84858076305     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.05058.x     Document Type: Article

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