Electrode configurations for resistivity measurements on concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-264

  John McCarter, W ^a   Starrs, Gerry ^a   Kandasami, Siva ^b   Jones, Rod ^b   Chrisp, Malcolm ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Electrodes; Frequency; Impedance

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FIXED FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY RANGES; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RESISTIVITY VALUES; SATURATED CONCRETE; TWO ELECTRODES; TWO-ELECTRODE METHOD;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84861352854     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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