Local porosity distribution of cement paste characterized by X-ray micro-tomography

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 953-961

  Wan, Keshu ^a,b   Xu, Qiong ^b  

^a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cement based materials; local porosity; porosity probability; spatial distribution; tomography

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DURABILITY; POROSITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL POROSITY; LOCAL POROSITY DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); WATERCEMENT (W/C) RATIO; X-RAY MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901201436     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-014-5513-5     Document Type: Article

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