publications

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Adriaens, R., Elsen, J., 2012. In situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study of the early age hydration of cements blended with zeolitite and quartzite fines and water-reducing agent. Applied Clay Science (accepted).

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Elsen, J., 2012. Supplementary Cementitious Materials. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 74, 211-278.

Elsen, J., Mertens, G., Snellings, R., 2011. Portland cement and other calcareous hydraulic binders. history, production, mineralogy. In: Christidis G (ed.) Industrial Minerals: Significance and Important Characteristics. EMU Notes in Mineralogy 9, 441-479.

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Cizer, Ö., Elsen, J., 2010. Early age hydration and pozzolanic reaction in natural zeolite blended cements: reaction kinetics and products by in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Cement and Concrete Research 40, 1704-1713.

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Gasharova, B., Garbev, K., Elsen, J., 2010. The pozzolanic reaction between clinoptilolite and lime: a time and spatially resolved IR approach. European Journal of Mineralogy 22, 767-777.

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Elsen, J., 2010. Calorimetric evolution of the pozzolanic reaction of zeolites. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 101, 97-105.

Snellings, R., Mertens, G., Hertsens, S., Elsen, J., 2009. The zeolite-lime pozzolanic reaction: Reaction kinetics and products by in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 126, 40-49.

Mertens, G., Snellings, R., Van Balen, K., Bicer-Simsir, B., Verlooy, P., Elsen, J., 2009. Pozzolanic reactions of common natural zeolites and parameters affecting their reactivity. Cement and Concrete Research 39, 233-240.