Sulfur concrete: A viable alternative for lunar construction

Space 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 585-591

  Gracia, Violeta ^a   Casanova, Ignasi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; SULFUR;

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EXTRACTION REACTION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; IN-SITU RESOURCES; LUNAR CONSTRUCTION; LUNAR REGOLITH; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; SCARCE RESOURCES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0011246441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40339(206)67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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