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NDT TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING ALKALISILICA REACTION IN STANDARD CONCRETE SPECIMENS—A REVIEW J. Chen, K. J. Lesnicki, K. E. Kurtis, J.Y. Kim, and L. J. Jacobs Citation: AIP Conf. Proc. 1335, 1275 (2011); doi: 10.1063/1.3592080 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3592080 View Table of Contents: http://proceedings.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=APCPCS&Volume=1335&Issue=1 Published by the American Institute of Physics.

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