Can nanotechnology be 'green'? Comparing efficacy of nano and microparticles in cementitious materials

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Jayapalan, Amal R ^a   Lee, Bo Yeon ^a   Kurtis, Kimberly E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Chemical shrinkage; Life cycle cost; Limestone; Nanoparticle; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALORIMETRY; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; LIME; LIMESTONE; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SHRINKAGE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CEMENT BASED COMPOSITES; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL SHRINKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFECYCLE COSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIVITY; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873413980     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.11.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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