Abstract
This paper focuses on the microstructural characterisation of porous construction materials. The attempt was made here to assess the existing methods of analysis of pore structure in cementitious materials, such as Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Due to a number of simplifying assumptions and limitations on the use of individual methods, it is not possible to describe in a qualitative, reliable way the microstructure of porous construction materials. The way to achieve this goal is to employ a wide range of complementary techniques.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Materials Characterisation IV |
| Subtitle of host publication | Computational Methods and Experiments |
| Editors | A.A. Mammoli, C.A. Brebbia |
| Place of Publication | Southampton |
| Publisher | WIT Press |
| Pages | 395-406 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781845643669 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781845641894 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2009 |
Keywords
- cementitious materials
- built environment
- building porous materials
- construction materials
- microstructural characterisation
- MIP
- DSC
- limitation of methods
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Klemm, A. J. (2009). Microstructural characterisation of porous construction materials- major challenges. In A. A. Mammoli, & C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Materials Characterisation IV: Computational Methods and Experiments (pp. 395-406). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/MC090371