Properties and microstructure of GGBS-magnesia pastes

Advances in Cement Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-122

  Yi, Yaolin ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^b   Liska, Martin ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Development Manager David Ball Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; LIME; MAGNESIA; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALI ACTIVATORS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; HYDRATED CALCIUM SILICATES; HYDRATION PRODUCTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES; WATER-TO-SOLID RATIOS;

HYDRATED LIME;

EID: 84889027080     PISSN: 09517197     EISSN: 17517605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/adcr.13.00005     Document Type: Article

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