Generalized structural description of calcium-sodium aluminosilicate hydrate gels: The cross-linked substituted tobermorite model

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5294-5306

  Myers, Rupert J ^a,b   Bernal, Susan A ^a,b   San Nicolas, Rackel ^b   Provis, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PRODUCTS; ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAGS; ALUMINOSILICATE GELS; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS; TOBERMORITE STRUCTURES;

ALUMINOSILICATES; BINDERS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; SLAGS; SODIUM;

CROSSLINKING;

ALUMINOSILICIC ACID; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; SILICATE; SODIUM; TOBERMORITE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GEL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILICATES; SODIUM; WATER;

EID: 84877063868     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4000473     Document Type: Article

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