Controlling the coefficient of thermal expansion of cementitious materials - A new application for superabsorbent polymers

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-58

  Wyrzykowski, Mateusz ^a,b   Lura, Pietro ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concrete; Internal curing; Superabsorbent polymers; Thermal expansion coefficient

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CORRUGATED TUBES; EARLY AGE; HYDRATION OF CEMENTS; INTERNAL CURING; INTERNAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY; LINEAR METHODS; LINEAR SHRINKAGE; NEW APPLICATIONS; PARTIALLY SATURATED; SELF-DESICCATION; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL DILATION; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

CONCRETES; CURING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HYDRATION; MORTAR; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84870448193     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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