Study on water sorptivity of the surface layer of concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1941-1951

  Liu, Jun ^a   Xing, Feng ^a   Dong, Biqin ^a   Ma, Hongyan ^b   Pan, Dong ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chloride; Concrete; Pore structure; Sorptivity; Surface layer; Ultrapure water

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBIDE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FLY ASH; LEACHING; PORE STRUCTURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CHLORIDE; CONCRETE SURFACE; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; MOIST CONDITIONS; SORPTIVITY; SURFACE LAYERS; ULTRA-PURE WATER;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84910124911     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-013-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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