Practical Guide to Microstructural Analysis of Cementitious Materials

ISBN-13: 9781138747234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 540 str.

Opis

This edited volume provides the cement science community with a state-of-the-art overview of analytical techniques used in cement chemistry to study the hydration and microstructure of cements. Each chapter focuses on a specific technique, not only describing the basic principles behind the technique, but also providing essential, practical details on its application to the study of cement hydration. Each chapter sets out present best practice, and draws attention to the limitations and potential experimental pitfalls of the technique.

Spis treści

Sample Preparation. Calorimetry. Chemical Shrinkage. X-Ray Powder Diffraction Thermogravimetric Analysis. High-Resolution Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry. Electron Microscopy. Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry. Laser Diffraction and Gas Adsorption Techniques. Ternary Phase Diagrams

O autorze

Karen Scrivener is professor of construction materials at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a former senior researcher of the Lafarge Research Center in Lyon and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, of RILEM, and of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Ruben Snellings is a researcher of the Sustainable Materials Management unit at VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in Belgium. Barbara Lothenbach is group leader of the Thermodynamic Modelling Group of the Laboratory for Concrete & Construction Chemistry at Empa, the Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Science & Technology.