Quality improvement of oil palm shell (OPS) as coarse aggregate in lightweight concrete

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1239-1242

  Mannan, M A ^a   Alexander, J ^a   Ganapathy, C ^a   Teo, D C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agricultural solid waste; Lightweight concrete; Oil palm shell (OPS); Pre treatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ALKALINITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; SOLID WASTES; SOLUTIONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

COARSE AGGREGATE; OIL PALM SHELL (OPS); PRE-TREATMENT METHODS;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ALKALINITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; SOLID WASTES; SOLUTIONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

AGGREGATE; CONCRETE;

ELAEIS;

EID: 33645943427     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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