Starch-based lightweight concrete: Effect of starch source, processing method, and aggregate geometry

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-144

  Glenn, G M ^a   Gray, G M ^a   Orts, W J ^a   Wood, D W ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquagel; Biopolymer; Cement; Corn starch; Gel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032952072     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(98)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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