Decalcification of cement mortars: Characterisation and modelling

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-150

  Segura, I ^a,b   Molero, M ^b   Aparicio, S ^b   Anaya, J J ^b   Moragues, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Decalcification; Microstructure; Modelling; Mortar; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AVERAGE ERRORS; CALCIUM CONTENT; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENT TYPE; CEMENTITIOUS MATRICES; CHARACTERISATION; DECALCIFICATION; DEGRADATION PROCESS; FICK'S SECOND LAW; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; OPEN POROSITY; PROCESS KINETICS; SHRINKING UNREACTED-CORE MODEL; TWO-PARAMETRIC EQUATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CEMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

MORTAR;

EID: 84870405902     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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