Effect of ultrasonication energy on engineering properties of carbon nanotube reinforced cement pastes

Carbon

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-220

  Zou, Bo ^a   Chen, Shu Jian ^a   Korayem, Asghar H ^a   Collins, Frank ^a   Wang, C M ^b   Duan, Wen Hui ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; PORTLAND CEMENT;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; CEMENT ADMIXTURES; CRACK-BRIDGING CAPACITY; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; POLYCARBOXYLATES; REINFORCING EFFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84921775609     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.12.094     Document Type: Article

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