An unresolved riddle: Tire chips, two roadbeds, and spontaneous reactions

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1275, Issue , 1997, Pages 265-285

  Nightingale, David E B ^a   Green, William P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Chipped tires; Civil engineering; Fires; Lightweight fill; Pyrolysis reaction; Recycling; Reuse; Road fill; Scrap tires; Spontaneous reaction; Washington State

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; PYROLYSIS; TIRES;

ROADBEDS; SCRAP TIRES; SPONTANEOUS REACTIONS; TIRE CHIPS;

RECYCLING;

EID: 6044220023     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15657s     Document Type: Article

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