Influence of nano-silica agglomeration on microstructure and properties of the hardened cement-based materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 707-715

  Kong, Deyu ^a,b   Du, Xiangfei ^a   Wei, Su ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Microstructure; Nano silica; Seeds

Indexed keywords

C-S-H GEL; CALCIUM LEACHING; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; FUMED SILICAS; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; LARGE AGGLOMERATE; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; NANO SCALE; NANO-SILICA; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; POZZOLANIC; POZZOLANIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATED SILICAS; SEEDING EFFECTS; SEM OBSERVATION;

CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HARDENING; LEACHING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; SEED; SILICA;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84865959878     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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