Particle density of volcanic scoria determined by water pycnometry

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-327

  Tamari, S ^a   Samaniego Martinez D ^b   Bonola, I ^a   Bandala, Erick R ^a   Ordaz Chaparro, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b Consultores y Proyectos del Sur SA de CV ^*  (Mexico)

^c Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Porous gravel; Specific gravity; Tezontle; True particle density; Vesicular basalt; Volcanic scoria; Water pycnometry

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVEL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL TESTING; WATER;

BASALTIC SCORIA; POROUS GRAVEL; TEZONTLE; TRUE PARTICLE DENSITY; VESICULAR BASALT; VOLCANIC SCORIA; WATER PYCNOMETRY;

BASALT;

EID: 23144436904     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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