Influence of water-to-cement ratio and curing period on pore structure of cement mortar

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 804-812

  Chen, Xudong ^a   Wu, Shenxin ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cement mortar; Curing time; Pore structure; Water to cement ratio

Indexed keywords

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT MORTARS; CURING AGE; CURING TIME; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; TOTAL POROSITY; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CURING; HYDRATION; MERCURY (METAL); MORTAR; PORE STRUCTURE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84867753816     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.09.058     Document Type: Article

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