Remediation of concrete using micro-organisms

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-9

  Ramachandran, Santhosh K ^a   Ramakrishnan, V ^b   Bang, Sookie S ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SDSM and T   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Compressive strength; Cracking; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MICROORGANISMS; REMEDIATION;

CONCRETE REMEDIATION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0035241313     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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