Thaumasite sulfate attack in Portland and Portland-limestone cement mortars exposed to sulfate solution

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-173

  Ramezanianpour, Amir Mohammad ^a   Hooton, R Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ettringite; Portland limestone cement; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite; Woodfordite

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MORTARS; ETTRINGITES; MORTAR BARS; SULFATE ATTACK; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; THAUMASITE; THAUMASITE FORMATION; WOODFORDITE; XRD; LIMESTONE CEMENTS;

GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SULFATE;

EID: 84870327346     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.09.104     Document Type: Article

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