An investigation into the behaviour of concrete containing seawater-neutralised bauxite refinery residues in silage effluent

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-439

  Barbhuiya, S A ^a   Basheer, P A M ^a   Clark, M W ^b   Rankin, G I B ^b   Frost, P ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Farm Mechanisation and Farm Buildings Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; EFFLUENTS; REFINING; SEAWATER; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID ENVIRONMENT; CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE; FARM PRODUCTION; FEED SUPPLEMENT; MICROBIAL ATTACK; REFINERY RESIDUES; REPLACEMENT MATERIALS; SILAGE EFFLUENT;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS;

EID: 77955173451     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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