Strength and drying shrinkage of reactive MgO modified alkali-activated slag paste

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-404

  Jin, Fei ^a   Gu, Kai ^a,b   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali activated slag; Drying shrinkage; Microstructure; Reactive MgO; Strength

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAGS; CURING CONDITION; DRYING SHRINKAGES; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; MGO; SHRINKAGE REDUCTION; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; STRENGTH;

CEMENTS; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SLAGS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MAGNESIA;

EID: 84889005621     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.10.081     Document Type: Article

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