Relating Compressive Strength to Heat Release in Mortars

Advances in Civil Engineering Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bentz, Dale P ^a   Barrett, Tim ^b   De La Varga, Igor ^b   Weiss, W Jason ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compressive strength; heat release; hydration; isothermal calorimetry; mortar; virtual testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85137047855     PISSN: 23791357     EISSN: 21653984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ACEM20120002     Document Type: Article

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