1st Edition

Pore Structure of Cement-Based Materials Testing, Interpretation and Requirements

By Kalliopi K. Aligizaki Copyright 2004
432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

Pore Structure of Cement-Based Materials provides a thorough treatment of the experimental techniques used to characterize the pore structure of materials. The text presents the principles and practical applications of the techniques used, organized in an easy-to-follow and uncomplicated manner, providing the theoretical background, the way to analyze experimental data, and the factors... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. Specimen Pretreatment. 3. Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry. 4. Gas Adsorption. 5. Pycnometry and Thermoporometry 6. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 7. Small-Angle Scattering. 8. Microscopic Techniques amd Stereology. 9. Comparison of Results by Various Methods.

Biography

Kalliopi K. Aligizaki is a Research and Consulting Engineer at the Aedificat Institute Freiburg, Germany. She received her Ph.D. degree from The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research has focused on durability of building materials and parameters that affect reinforcement corrosion.