Maturation of loess treated with variable lime admixture: Pore space textural evolution and related phase changes

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-43

  Metelkova Z ^a   Bohac J ^a   Prikryl R ^a   Sedlarova I ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Lime consumption; Lime treated loess; Mercury porosimetry; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALUMINATE; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CURING TIME; LONG-TERM PERIOD; MACRO-POROSITY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MESOPOROSITY; NEW MINERAL; PH MEASUREMENTS; PH VALUE; PHASE CHANGE; PORE SPACE; PORTLANDITE; POZZOLANIC REACTION; TEXTURAL EVOLUTION; TREATED SOILS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CURING; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MERCURY (METAL); PH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIME;

CALCITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIME; LOESS; MATURATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; THRESHOLD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860189587     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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