Petrographically quantifying the damage to field and lab-cast mortars subject to freeze-thaw cycles and deicer application

Abstract Although calcium oxychloride (Ca-Oxy) is known to damage cementitious materials exposed to calcium chloride (CaCl2) deicers, there is little direct observation of Ca-Oxy in the field due to its instability. This paper uses optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy coupled wit...

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Main Authors: Chunyu Qiao, Nima Hosseinzadeh, Prannoy Suraneni, Sihang Wei, David Rothstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43065-021-00024-3