Effect of highly dispersed carbon nanotubes on the flexural toughness of cement-based composites

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-12

  Wang, Baomin ^a   Han, Yu ^a   Liu, Shuai ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Cement based composites; Flexural toughness; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CEMENT COMPOSITE; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLEXURAL TOUGHNESS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; PORTLAND CEMENT;

TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84877759082     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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