Sorption characteristics of foam concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1341-1347

  Nambiar, E K Kunhanandan ^a   Ramamurthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Fly ash replacement; Foam concrete; Sorptivity; Tortuosity; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DURABILITY; FLY ASH; FOAMS; MOISTURE; PERMEATION; SORPTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

AIR VOIDS; FLY ASH REPLACEMENT; FOAM CONCRETE; SORPTIVITY; TORTUOSITY;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

EID: 34548129295     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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