The role of deicing salts on the non-linear moisture diffusion coeffcient of cementitious materials during drying

Brittle Matrix Composites 10, BMC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-114

  Villani, Chiara ^a   Spragg, Robert ^a   Pour Ghaz, Mohammad ^b   Weiss, W Jason ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of saturation; Diffusion process; Drying process; Salt

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-SILICA REACTIVITY; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DRYING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MOISTURE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRYING; LIQUIDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOISTURE; SALTS; SILICA; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SUPERSATURATION; WETTING;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84877755526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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