MgO expansive cement and concrete in China: Past, present and future

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Mo, Liwu ^a   Deng, Min ^a   Tang, Mingshu ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization (B); Concrete (E); Expansion (C); Hydration (A); MgO (D)

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CEMENTS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); EXPANSION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MAGNESIA; SHRINKAGE;

CALCINATION CONDITIONS; CALCINING TEMPERATURE; COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; EXPANSION PROPERTIES; EXPANSIONS (C); EXPANSIVE ADDITIVES; HYDRATIONS (A);

EXPANSIVE CONCRETE;

EID: 84891768344     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2013.12.007     Document Type: Review

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