Quantification of fly ash in hydrated, blended Portland cement pastes by backscattered electron imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-204

  Deschner, F ^a   Munch B ^a   Winnefeld, F ^a   Lothenbach, B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blended cement; Electron microscopy; Fly ash; Image analysis; Quantification; Reaction degree

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; HYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PORTLAND CEMENT;

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGES; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BLENDED CEMENT; BLENDED PORTLAND CEMENTS; GRAY-LEVEL; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE; QUANTIFICATION; REACTION DEGREE;

FLY ASH;

ARTICLE; FLY ASH; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880278330     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12061     Document Type: Article

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