A novel material for lightweight concrete production

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 489-495

  Kan, Abdulkadir ^a   Demirboǧa, Ramazan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial aggregate; Durability factor; Freezing and thawing; Modified polystyrene; Recycling

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ARTIFICIAL AGGREGATE; CONCRETE SAMPLES; DURABILITY FACTOR; EPS FOAMS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREEZING AND THAWING; HOT AIR; MODIFIED POLYSTYRENE; NATURAL AGGREGATE; NOVEL MATERIALS; TREATMENT METHODS;

CONCRETES; DURABILITY; FREEZING; POLYSTYRENES; RECYCLING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THAWING; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 67449123048     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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