Improvements to the methylene blue dye test for harmful clay in aggregates for concrete and mortar

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1417-1428

  Yool, A I G ^a   Lees, T P ^a   Fried, A ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; CONCRETES; DYES; ION EXCHANGE; MATERIALS TESTING; MORTAR;

DAMAGING EFFECTS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; METHYLENE BLUE DYE TEST;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 0032180677     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(98)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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