Application-oriented chemical optimization of a metakaolin based geopolymer

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1920-1939

  Ferone, Claudio ^a   Colangelo, Francesco ^a   Roviello, Giuseppina ^a   Asprone, Domenico ^b   Menna, Costantino ^b   Balsamo, Alberto ^b   Prota, Andrea ^b   Cioffi, Raffaele ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drying shrinkage; EB FRP; Geopolymers; Metakaolin

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION-ORIENTED; CHEMICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; DRYING SHRINKAGES; EB-FRP; EXTERNAL STRENGTHENING; METAKAOLINS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS; STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT;

GEOPOLYMERS;

EID: 84881304103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6051920     Document Type: Article

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