Factors influencing the density and compressive strength of aerated concrete

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-168

  Ramamurthy, K ^a   Narayanan, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LIME; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND;

AERATED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0033728114     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2000.52.3.163     Document Type: Article

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