Utilization of gold tailings as an additive in Portland cement

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-224

  Çelik, Özlem ^a   Elbeyli, Iffet Yakar ^b   Pişkin, Sabriye ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Additive; Fly ash; Gold processing; Portland cement; Silica fume; Tailings; wmr 871 5

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COAGULATION; COAL MINES; COAL TAILINGS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORE TAILINGS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GOLD TAILINGS; MINE TAILINGS; SILICA FUME;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

CEMENT; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADDITIVES; COAGULATION; COAL MINES; COAL TAILINGS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORE TAILINGS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLY ASH; GOLD MINE; MINE WASTE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COAL MINING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOLD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33646677486     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06064358     Document Type: Article

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