Cleaning of concrete fouled by lichens with the aid of Thiobacilli

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 284, 2005, Pages 875-882

  De Graef, B ^a   De Windt, W ^a   Dick, J ^a   Verstraete, W ^a   De Belie, N ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLEANING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORIMETRY; GYPSUM; PORTLAND CEMENT; SULFUR;

CONCRETE SPECIMENS; FOULED LAYERS; GYPSUM LAYER; LICHENS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 28744445807     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14254     Document Type: Article

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