Investigations of tungsten mine waste geopolymeric binder: Strength and microstructure

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2212-2219

  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

Binder; Interfacial transition zone; Mine waste mud

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BINDERS; GARNETS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN MINES;

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MINE WASTES; RESEARCH PROJECTS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; TEST RESULTS;

MINING;

EID: 47749133765     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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