Offshore sand for reinforced concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1377-1384

  Dias, W P S ^a   Seneviratne, G A P S N ^a   Nanayakkara, S M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Accelerated corrosion; Chloride content; Half cell potential; Offshore sand; Sand grading; Shell content

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEAWATER;

ACCELERATED CORROSION; HALF CELL POTENTIAL; OFFSHORE SAND;

SAND;

EID: 43049151112     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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