Effects of contaminants on the properties of concrete paving blocks prepared with recycled concrete aggregates

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-175

  Poon, Chi Sun ^a   Chan, Dixon ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Concrete products; Crushed brick; Crushed tile; Crushed waste glass; Recycled concrete aggregate; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SPECIFICATIONS; TILE;

CRUSHED BRICK; CRUSHED TILE; CRUSHED WASTE GLASS; RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE; WOOD CHIPS;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33746928294     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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