Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 53, Issue 2, 304(2025)

Relationships Between Compressive Strength of Cement Mortars and Pore Structure Characteristics at Water-Saturation

LIANG Huaming1, QIAO Jing1, LU Yifei1, WANG Jie2, and ZHOU Chunsheng1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
  • 2Cultural Heritage Rehabilitation Institute of China Railway Academy, Chengdu 610036, China
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    LIANG Huaming, QIAO Jing, LU Yifei, WANG Jie, ZHOU Chunsheng. Relationships Between Compressive Strength of Cement Mortars and Pore Structure Characteristics at Water-Saturation[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 53(2): 304

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    Received: Jun. 26, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 20, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 20, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHOU Chunsheng (C_S_Zhou@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20240425

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