Mortar studies towards the replication of roman concrete

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 932-946

  Goldsworthy, Helen ^a   Min, Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient rome; Building construction; Compressive strength; Pozzolan; Roman concrete; Sem studies

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DURABILITY; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 69949164683     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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