http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7095955 10.1617/s11527-014-0430-4 000363258200015 eng No license (in copyright) The main supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that are used today are industrial by-products. In most cases the quality of these materials cannot be controlled during their production, resulting in materials with varied characteristics. The adequate physical characterization of SCMs is important to better predict their performance and optimize their use in concretes production. There are standardized methods used to determine the particle characteristics for Portland cements that are usually adopted to characterize SCMs; however, these methods may not be as accurate when applied to SCMs. This paper is an overview of the techniques that are currently used for the determination of the density, particle size distribution, surface area and shape of SCMs. The main principles of each method are presented. The limitations that occur for the SCMs measurements are also discussed. This paper is an output from the work of the RILEM Technical Committee on Hydration and Microstructure of Concrete with Supplementary Cementitious Materials (TC-238-SCM). journalArticle original public Article A1 published published ugent 2 Eleni Arvaniti Eleni Arvaniti aut author 802001221226 977549515757 UGent Maria Juenger Maria Juenger aut author Susan Bernal Susan Bernal aut author Josee Duchesne Josee Duchesne aut author Luc Courard Luc Courard aut author Sophie Leroy Sophie Leroy aut author John Provis John Provis aut author Agnieszka Klemm Agnieszka Klemm aut author Nele De Belie Nele De Belie aut author 801000928732 919013288701 0000-0002-0851-6242 TW14 Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials TW14 sht department 1359-5997 VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS SPRINGER 2015 48 11 3675 3686 2015 Technology and Engineering REFRACTIVE-INDEX FLY-ASH PRESSURE SYSTEMS MODEL SURFACE-AREA MERCURY POROSIMETRY ASH RADIATIVE PROPERTIES Image analysis PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION BET Blaine Laser diffraction Supplementary cementitious materials Particle size measurement info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/7095955/file/7095957 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/pdf fullText http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text 561806 bytes Physical_characterization_methods_for_supplementary_cementitious_materials.pdf Arvaniti, Eleni, Maria Juenger, Susan Bernal, Josee Duchesne, Luc Courard, Sophie Leroy, John Provis, Agnieszka Klemm, and Nele De Belie. 2015. “Physical Characterization Methods for Supplementary Cementitious Materials.” MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES 48 (11): 3675–3686. doi:10.1617/s11527-014-0430-4. Ghent University Library pug01:7095955 2016-02-23T08:36:12Z 2026-09-03T07:00:21Z eng public 976979471211 1 2 true higher-education higher-education 2015 1 2 true higher-education higher-education 2015