The effect of chloride on cement mortar subjected to sulfate exposure at low temperature

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-111

  Abdalkader, Ashraf H M ^a,b   Lynsdale, Cyril J ^a   Cripps, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Chloride concentration; Friedel's salt; Limestone filler; Solubility; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DETERIORATION; FILLERS; LIMESTONE; METAL IONS; MINERALS; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BETTER PERFORMANCE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; LIMESTONE FILLER; PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT; SULFATE ATTACK; THAUMASITE; THAUMASITE FORM OF SULFATE ATTACK;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84920973704     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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