Effects of nano-TiO2 on properties of cement-based materials

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1293-1302

  Lee, Bo Yeon ^a   Jayapalan, Amal R ^a   Kurtis, Kimberly E ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; COMPROMISING STRENGTH; DEGREES OF HYDRATION; EARLY AGE HYDRATIONS; ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY; LONG-TERM PROPERTIES; SURFACE MICROHARDNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRATION; ISOTHERMS; MICROHARDNESS; NANOPARTICLES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHRINKAGE;

SETTING;

EID: 84892167520     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 1751763X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.13.00131     Document Type: Article

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