Aggregate size effect on the development of cementitious compounds in a lime-treated soil during curing

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-66

  Wang, Yejiao ^a   Duc, Myriam ^b   Cui, Yu Jun ^a   Tang, Anh Minh ^a   Benahmed, Nadia ^c   Sun, Wen Jing ^d   Ye, Wei Min ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b 14 20 boulevard Newton   (France)

^c UR EMAX   (France)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate size; Curing time; Lime treated soil; Microstructure; Mineral composition

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CALCIUM SILICATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CURING; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOPORES; POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGGREGATE SIZE; CURING TIME; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; LIME-TREATED SOILS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS;

LIME;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; SIZE EFFECT; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84996542626     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2016.11.003     Document Type: Article

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