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RILEM Recommended Test Method AAR-0: Detection of Alkali-Reactivity Potential in Concrete—Outline guide to the use of RILEM methods in assessments of aggregates for potential alkali-reactivity

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  • RILEM TC 191-ARP: ‘Alkali-Reactivity and Prevention—Assessment, Specification and Diagnosis of Alkali-Reactivity’
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The text presented hereafter is a draft for general consideration. Comments should be sent to the TC Chariman: Dr. Philip Nixon, Building Research Establishment (BRE), Garston, Watford WD2 7JR, UK; Tel.: +44 923 664 239; Fax: +44 923 664 010; Email: nixonP@bre.co.uk, by 31 January 2004.

TC Membership—Chairman: Philip NIXON, United Kingdom;Secretary: Ian SIMS, United Kingdom;Members: Oscar Rafael BATIC, Argentina; Mario BERRA, Italy; Marc-André BÉRUBÉ, Canada; Geoff BLIGHT, South Africa; Eugeniusz BUDNY, Poland; José Manuel CATARINO, Portugal; Steven CHAK, People's Republic of China; Pascal FASSEU, France; Benoît FOURNIER, Canada; Sue FREITAG, New Zealand; Gisli GUDMUNDSSON, Iceland; Sylvine GUÉDON DUBIED, France; Nicole P. HASPARYK, Brazil; Robert HAVERKORT, The Netherlands; Franck HAWTHORN, France; Viggo JENSEN, Norway; Tetsuya KATAYAMA, Japan; Hirotaka KAWANO, Japan; Joe LARBI, The Netherlands; Catherine LARIVE, France; Jan LINDGAARD, Norway; Gabriel LORENZI, Belgium; Anne-Marie MARION, Belgium; Christine MERZ, Switzerland; Sylva MODRY, Czech Republic; George PoTERAS, Romania; Isabel RODRIGUEZ-MARIBONA, Spain; Nikolay ROSENTAHL, Russian Federation; Björn SCHOUENBORG, Sweden; A. SHAYAN, Australia; Ted SIBBICK, United Kingdom; Eberhard SIEBEL, Germany; Hermann SOMMER, Austria; Johannes STEIGENBERGER, Australia; Mingshu TANG, People's Republic of China; Niels THAULOW, USA; Margo THOMSON, USA; Børge Johannes WIGUM, Iceland.

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Sims, I., Nixon, P. RILEM Recommended Test Method AAR-0: Detection of Alkali-Reactivity Potential in Concrete—Outline guide to the use of RILEM methods in assessments of aggregates for potential alkali-reactivity. Mat. Struct. 36, 472–479 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481527

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