Characterization of concrete blocks containing petroleum-contaminated soils

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 952-957

  Hago, A W ^a   Hassan, H F ^a   Al Rawas, A ^a   Taha, R ^a   Al Hadidi, S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Concrete blocks; Contaminated soil; Heavy metals; TCLP; VOC

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; SAND; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COARSE AGGREGATE; CONTAMINATED SOIL; PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL (PCS); TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURE (TCLP);

CONCRETE BLOCKS;

EID: 33845300593     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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