Effect of water absorption, porosity and sorptivity on durability of geopolymer mortars

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Thokchom, Suresh ^a   Ghosh, Partha ^a   Ghosh, Somnath ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geopolymer; Porosity; Residual strength; Sorptivity; Sulphuric acid; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650012075     PISSN: 1816949X     EISSN: 18187803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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