Effect of silica fume additions on porosity of fly ash geopolymers

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 74-79

  Dutta, Debabrata ^a   Thokchom, Suresh ^b   Ghosh, Partha ^a   Ghosh, Somnath ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Manipur University   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; EDAX; ESEM; Fly ash; Geopolymer; MIP; Silica fume

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951687963     PISSN: 1816949X     EISSN: 18187803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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