Investigations on mix design of tungsten mine waste geopolymeric binder

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1939-1949

  Pacheco Torgal, Fernando ^a   Castro Gomes, J P ^b   Jalali, Said ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Geopolymeric binder; Mix design; Tungsten mine waste

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HYDRATED LIME; IRON OXIDES; NUCLEATION;

GEOPOLYMERIC BINDERS; MIX DESIGN; TUNGSTEN MINE WASTES;

TUNGSTEN MINES;

EID: 44249120302     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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