Bacterial concrete—a concrete for the future

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-225, Issue , 2005, Pages 37-53

  Ramakrishnan, V ^a   Panchalan, Ramesh K ^b   Bang, Sookie S ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SDSM T   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus Pasteruii; Bacterial concrete; Calcite crystals; Crack remediation; Durability; EDX spectrometer analysis; SEM; Strength; Strength regaining capacity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; DURABILITY OF CONCRETES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 79958078400     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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