Properties of EPS RHA lightweight concrete bricks under different curing conditions

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3648-3655

  Ling, I H ^a   Teo, D C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curing condition; Expanded polystyrene (EPS); Lightweight; Rice husk ash (RHA); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Solid waste; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CONCRETE BRICKS; CURING CONDITION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS); HARDENED CONCRETE; LIGHTWEIGHT; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; POZZOLANIC MATERIALS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICE HUSK ASH; SEM; WASTE MATERIALS;

BRICK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID WASTES; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 79955640806     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.03.061     Document Type: Article

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