A perspective study on fly ash-lime-gypsum bricks and hollow blocks for low cost housing development

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 519-525

  Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Durability; Fly ash; Phosphogypsum; Waste management

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DURABILITY; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; HARDENING; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MATERIALS TESTING; WASTE UTILIZATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

LOW COST HOUSING;

BRICK;

EID: 0036887937     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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