Reuse of waste water from ready-mixed concrete plants

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-17

  Tsimas, Stamatis ^a   Zervaki, Monika ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concretes; pH; Strength of materials; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650474242     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831111098444     Document Type: Article

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