Uptake and loss of water in a cenosphere-concrete composite material

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1681-1686

  Barbare, Nikhil ^a   Shukla, Arun ^a   Bose, Arijit ^a  

^a The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenospheres; Drying; Humidity; Microstructure; Permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CENOSPHERE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0042192996     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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