Effects of colloidal nanosilica on rheological and mechanical properties of fly ash-cement mortar

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-22

  Hou, Peng Kun ^a,b   Kawashima, Shiho ^b   Wang, Ke Jin ^c   Corr, David J ^b   Qian, Jue Shi ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluidity; Fly ash; Nanosilica; Rheology; Strength gain

Indexed keywords

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT HYDRATION; CLASS-F; COMBINED EFFECT; EARLY AGE; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; NANO-SILICA; POZZOLANIC REACTIVITY; RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRENGTH GAIN;

CEMENTS; FLUIDITY; FLY ASH; HYDRATION; MIXTURES; RHEOLOGY; SETTING;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84870466168     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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