Microstructural characterization of foamed concrete with different densities using microscopic techniques
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Building Materials and Construction Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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Structural Engineering Department, Mansoura University, Elgomhouria St., Mansoura City 35516, Egypt
Publication date: 2018-06-01
Cement Wapno Beton 23(3) 216-225 (2018)
KEYWORDS
foamed concretepores structure and distributionscanning electron microscopeX-ray micro-computed tomographycompressive strength
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The project is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF, Project number: 13XP5010B and 01DR16007] and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF] funded by the Ministry of Education [2016R1A6A3A03007804]. The authors want to thank Mr. Paul H. Kamm [Helmholtz Centre Berlin] for his assistance in X-ray CT imaging
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