Thermal insulation enhancement in concretes by adding waste PET and rubber pieces

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1878-1882

  Yesilata, Bulent ^a   Isiker, Yusuf ^a   Turgut, Paki ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Modified concrete; PET bottles; Scrap rubber; Thermal insulation; Waste polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; BOTTLES; CONCRETES; INSULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RUBBER; THERMOPLASTICS;

CONCRETE SAMPLES; HEAT INSULATIONS; INSULATION PERFORMANCE; INSULATION PROPERTIES; MODIFIED CONCRETE; PET BOTTLES; SCRAP RUBBER; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCES; WASTE MATERIALS; WASTE POLYETHYLENE;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 59649091411     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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