Studies on polymer concretes based on optimized aggregate mix proportion

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2167-2177

  Muthukumar, M ^a   Mohan, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Furan resin; Mechanical properties; Optimization; Polymer concrete

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION METHODS; CURING; FURAN RESINS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CORROSIVE GASES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; POLYMER BINDERS; POLYMER CONCRETES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 3342877590     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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