Effects of sand addition on production of lightweight aggregates from Tunisian smectite-rich clayey rocks

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 228-237

  Fakhfakh, E ^a   Hajjaji, W ^a   Medhioub, M ^b   Rocha, F ^c   Lopez Galindo A ^d   Setti, M ^e   Kooli, F ^f   Zargouni, F ^g   Jamoussi, F ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^g FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Lightweight aggregates; LWA; Smectite; Southern Atlas; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLAY MINERALS; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUARTZ; SAND;

LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES; TUNISIAN SMECTITE-RICH CLAYEY ROCKS;

AGGREGATES;

ABSORPTION; AGGREGATE; CLAY MINERAL; CLAYSTONE; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MARL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; QUARTZ; SMECTITE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AFRICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846837625     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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