Microstructure and chemical degradation of adobe and clay bricks

Ceramics International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 665-671

  Calabria, Juliana A ^a   Vasconcelos, Wander L ^a   Boccaccini, Aldo R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adobes; B. Microstructure; B. Porosity; D. Clays; E. Structural applications

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS ADSORPTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ADOBES; B. MICROSTRUCTURE; B. POROSITY; D. CLAYS; E. STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 57749106798     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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