Survey of building sands in Australia

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-268

  Glencross Grant, R ^a   Walker, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bond strength; Mortar; Sand

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); BUILDING MATERIALS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MORTAR; RECYCLING;

BUILDING SANDS;

SAND;

EID: 0037409411     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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