Reduction of cement consumption by the aid of silica nano-particles (investigation on concrete properties)

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-425

  Bahadori, Hadi ^a   Hosseini, Payam ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

cement substitution; compressive strength; microstructure; nano SiO 2 particles; splitting tensile strength; water absorption; workability

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; CEMENT CONSUMPTION; CEMENT CONTENT; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FRESH CONCRETE; HARDENED CONCRETE PROPERTIES; NANO- SIO; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; WORKABILITY; WORKABILITY LOSS;

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICIZERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLVENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84865756029     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.698912     Document Type: Article

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