Determination of water-cement ratio in hardened concrete by optical fluorescence microscopy

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-191, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-41

  Jakobsen, U H ^a   Laugesen, P ^b   Thaulow, N ^a  

^a RAMBOLL

^b Dansk Beton Teknik A S

Author keywords

Field tests; Fluorescence; Microscopy; Vacuum forming; Water cement ratio

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CRACKS; DURABILITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HARDENING; IMPREGNATION; POROSITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CAPILLARY POROSITY; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT LIGHT; THIN-SECTION PREPARATIONS; VACUUM IMPREGNATION; WATER-CEMENT RATIO; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 85111747570     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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