Thaumasite – Part 1: The route to current understanding
 
 
 
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Materials Chemistry Centre, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
 
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International Consultant in Cement Technology and Visiting Professor in Cement Science
 
 
Publication date: 2007-07-01
 
 
Cement Wapno Beton 12(4) 165-178 (2007)
 
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Based on ‘Thaumasite Sulphate Attack Upon Concrete – State –of-the art’. Invited Lecture to the Polish Academy of Sciences at Kraków, 12th October 2006
 
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