The sulphate resistance of portland and blastfurnace slag cement concretes

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-126, Issue , 1991, Pages 1047-1071

  Osborne, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast furnace slag; Blended cements; Concretes; Curing; Durability; Mortars; Portland cements; Strength; Sulfate attack; Sulfate resistance; Tests

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE TESTING; CURING; DIGITAL STORAGE; DURABILITY; GEOMETRY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PORTLAND CEMENT; SLAG CEMENT; SLAGS; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ACCELERATED METHOD; CONCRETE PERFORMANCE; MAGNESIUM SULPHATES; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; SULPHATE RESISTANCE; SULPHATE SOLUTIONS; TRICALCIUM ALUMINATE; ULTIMATE BEHAVIOUR;

CONCRETES;

EID: 85032093762     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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