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ALKALI-CARBONATE ROCK REACTION

Accession Number:

00228562

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THIS PAPER CONSTITUTES A REVIEW OF EIGHT YEARS OF RESEARCH ON THE ALKALI-CARBONATE ROCK REACTION BY THE DIVISION OF BUILDING RESEARCH, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, OTTAWA, CANADA . MOST OF THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN, OR WILL BE, PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE. A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF THE ORIGINAL KINGSTON CASE WHICH FIRST REVEALED EXCESSIVE EXPANSION IN CONCRETE RESULTING FROM ALKALI-CARBONATE REACTIVITY IN A DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE COARSE AGGREGATE. FURTHER FIELD STUDIES ARE DESCRIBED, AS WELL AS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE NATURE OF THE REACTION, METHODS OF TEST AND IDENTIFICATION, AND SOME HYPOTHESES CONCERNING THE MECHANISM OF REACTION AND EXPANSION. /AUTHOR/

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Monograph Accession #:

01410012

Language:

English

Authors:

Swenson, E G
Gillott, J E

Pagination:

pp 21-40

Publication Date:

1964

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 45
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (14) ; References (24)

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Research

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 15 2004 2:37AM

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