Total Alkalis in Concrete-Contribution to Alkali-silica Reaction

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<p><strong>Esperanza Menéndez Méndez (deceased)</strong>, PhD from Polytechnic University of Madrid, was Researcher at IETcc-CSIC (Instituto Eduardo Torroja de Ciencias de Construcción - Spanish National Research Council), where she served as Head of the Physic-Chemistry Testing Unit. She was a leading expert in several techniques of characterization of construction materials, pathology and durability of concrete structures, buildings and cultural heritage.</p> <div> <strong>António Santos Silva</strong>, PhD in Civil Engineering from Minho University in Portugal, is Senior Researcher at the Materials Department of LNEC (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil - National Laboratory for Civil Enginnering. His research interests focus on building materials, including its characterization and performance, mitigation of internal expansive reactions in cement-based materials, and compatible materials for conservation of historical heritage.</div>

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