Reinforcing effects of graphene oxide on portland cement paste

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gong, Kai ^a   Pan, Zhu ^a   Korayem, Asghar H ^a   Qiu, Ling ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Collins, Frank ^a   Wang, Chien Ming ^b   Duan, Wen Hui ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Graphene oxide; Nanocomposite; Pore structure; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PORE STRUCTURE; PORTLAND CEMENT; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CEMENT COMPOSITE; CEMENT PASTE; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; NANO-FILLERS; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE; REINFORCING EFFECTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CEMENT; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRATION; OXIDE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84921445373     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001125     Document Type: Article

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