Production of 'green' concrete using red gypsum and waste

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-146

  Hughes, P N ^a   Glendinning, S ^a   Manning, D A C ^a   Noble, B C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Huntsman Pigments Tioxide Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete technology manufacture; Recycling reuse of materials; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; CEMENT-BASED; CONCRETE PAVING; COPRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; FUEL ASH; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; PAVING BLOCKS; PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTION COST; STEEL SLAG; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

BINDERS; CONCRETE BLOCKS; COSTS; GYPSUM; MANUFACTURE; PAVEMENTS; PORTLAND CEMENT; RECYCLING; SLAGS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 79951508008     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2010.163.3.137     Document Type: Article

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