Bacterial carbonate precipitation reduces the permeability of cementitious materials

Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies - International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 411-416

  De Muynck, W ^a   Cox, K ^a   De Belie, N ^a   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL DEPOSITION; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CAPILLARY WATER; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MORTAR SPECIMENS; PURE CULTURE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UREOLYTIC; WATER REPELLENTS;

BACTERIA; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; MORTAR; SURFACE TREATMENT;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 79960842302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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