Unconfined compressive strength characteristics of stabilized peat

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1915-1921

  Wong, Leong Sing ^a,b   Hashim, Roslan ^b   Ali, Faisal ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Binder; Organic matter; Silica sand; Sodium chloride; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958802141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/SRE10.060     Document Type: Article

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