The effect of clay content in sands used for cementitious materials in developing countries

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Fernandes, V A ^a   Purnell, P ^a   Still, G T ^a   Thomas, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Compressive strength; Workability; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CONTAMINATION; SAND; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY-CEMENT INTERACTIONS; WORKABILITY;

CLAY;

EID: 34047263627     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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