Lightweight bricks manufactured from water treatment sludge and rice husks

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Chiang, Kung Yuh ^a   Chou, Ping Huai ^a   Hua, Ching Rou ^a   Chien, Kuang Li ^a   Cheeseman, Chris ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lightweight brick; Rice husk; Sintering; Water treatment sludge

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; HIGH-STRENGTH MATERIALS; LIGHTWEIGHT BRICK; RICE HUSK; SINTERED SAMPLES; SINTERING MIXES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

SINTERING;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

POROSITY; RICE; SINTER; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; POROSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; SEED HUSK; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DRYING; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORYZA SATIVA; POROSITY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349238642     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.144     Document Type: Article

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