AAR-5: Rapid preliminary screening test for carbonate aggregates

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 282, 2005, Pages 787-792

  Sommer, H ^a   Nixon, P J ^b,c   Sims, I ^c  

^a BRE ^*

^b STATS Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; LIMESTONE; SILICA;

CARBONATE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MICROBARS; DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE;

CARBONATES;

EID: 27344454694     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14382     Document Type: Article

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