Bacterial carbonate precipitation as an alternative surface treatment for concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 875-885

  De Muynck, Willem ^a   Cox, Kathelijn ^a   Belie, Nele De ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Capillary water suction; Coatings; Gas permeability; Mixed ureolytic cultures; Water repellents

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBONATES; COATINGS; MORTAR; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CAPILLARY WATER SUCTION; MIXED UREOLYTIC CULTURES; WATER REPELLENTS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 40649083569     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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