Multifractal analysis of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) mapped by X-ray diffraction microtomography

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2647-2652

  Valentini, Luca ^a,b   Artioli, Gilberto ^a,b   Voltolini, Marco ^a,b   Dalconi, Maria Chiara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CIRCe Research Center for the Study of Cement and Hydraulic Binders   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CEMENT PASTE; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; FORM CLUSTERS; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM; NUMERICAL SCHEME; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; POROUS SPACE; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; STRUCTURAL PROBES; X-RAY POWDER;

FRACTALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM SILICATE;

EID: 84864718024     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05255.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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