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CEMENT and CONCRETE RESEARCH KEYWORDS

Authors should select a maximum of five keywords. Each keyword should be accompanied by the capital letter denoting the category from which the keyword has been selected. If authors wish they may nominate one keyword which is not included in the list below. The list of up to five keywords should appear on the title page of each paper

A. PROCESSING
Acceleration
Bleeding
Calorimetry
Curing
Dispersion
Drying
Fineness
Fresh Concrete
Grinding
Humidity
Hydration
Kinetics
Microwave Processing
Mixture Proportioning
pH
Reaction
Retardation
Rheology
Temperature
Thermal Treatment
Vibration
Workability

B. STRUCTURE, MICROSTRUCTURE, CHARACTERIZATION
Amorphous Material
Backscattered Electron Imaging
Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate (C-S-H)
Characterization
Crack Detection
Crystal Size
Crystal Structure
EDX
Glass
Hydration Products
Image Analysis
Interfacial Transition Zone
Mercury Porosimetry
Microcracking
Microstructure
Particle Size Distribution
Petrography
Pore Size Distribution
Pore Solution
SEM
Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Spectroscopy
Surface Area
Surface Layer
TEM
Thermal Analysis
Thermodynamic Calculations
X-Ray Diffraction

C. PROPERTIES
Adsorption
Aging
Alkali-Aggregate Reaction
Bending Strength
Bond Strength
Carbonation
Compressive Strength
Corrosion
Creep
Cycles
Degradation
Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF)
Diffusion
Durability
Elastic Moduli
Electrical Properties
Electrochemical Properties
Expansion
Fatigue
Finite Element Analysis
Fracture Toughness
Freezing and Thawing
Long-Term Performance
Magnetic Properties
Mechanical Properties
Micromechanics
Permeability
Physical Properties
Pull-Out Strength
Shrinkage
Stability
Strain Effect
Sulfate Attack
Tensile Properties
Transport Properties

D. COMPOSITION
Admixture
Aggregate
Alkali Activated Cement
Alkalis
BaO
Blended Cement
CdO
Ca₃Al₂O₆
Calcium Aluminate Cement
Calcium Aluminoferrite
CaO
Ca₂SiO₄
Ca(OH)₂
Ca₃SiO₅
3CaO˙3Al₂O₃˙CaSO₄
CaCO₃
Cement
Cement Paste
Chemically Bonded Ceramics
Chloride
Chromium
Clinker
Cobalt
Ettringite
Filler
Fly Ash
Fluoride
Fluxes
Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag
Heavy Metals
High-Range Water Reducers
Hydrogarnet
Lead
Lithium Compounds
Metakaolin
MgO
Mineralizers
Monosulfate
Nitrate
Organic Acids
Organic Materials
Polymers
Portland Cement
KOH
Pozzolan
Reinforcement
Silica Fume
Sulfate
Sulfate Resistant Cements
Sulfoaluminate
Toxic Metal
Zinc

E. APPLICATIONS, SPECIAL TREATMENT
Cement Manufacture
Composite
Concrete
Fiber Reinforcement
High-Performance Concrete
Modeling
Mortar
Oil Well Cement
Precast Units
Radioactive Waste
Refractory Cement
Waste Management