Hardening Process of binder paste and microstructure development

Application of Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) in Concrete Construction: State-of-the-Art Report Prepared by Technical Committee 225-SAP

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 51-62

  Ye, Guang ^a   Van Breugel, Klaas ^a   Lura, Pietro ^b   Mechtcherine, Viktor ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; PORE SIZE;

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; CAPILLARY POROSITY; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MICROCOMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84883755161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2733-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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