Utilization of Silica Fume to Stabilize the Dispersion of Carbon Nanofilaments in Cement Paste

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Yazdanbakhsh, Ardavan ^a   Grasley, Zachary ^b  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement; Concrete; Dispersion; Nanotechnology; Silica

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; DISPERSION (WAVES); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICA; SILICA FUME;

CARBON NANOFILAMENTS; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CEMENTITIOUS MATRICES; DISPERSIBILITIES; QUANTIFICATION METHODS;

DISPERSIONS;

CARBON; CEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCRETE; DISPERSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICA;

EID: 84905102224     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001016     Document Type: Article

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