Use of silica gel or polyurethane immobilized bacteria for self-healing concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 532-540

  Wang, Jianyun ^a   Van Tittelboom, Kim ^a   De Belie, Nele ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; CaCO 3; Coefficient of water permeability; Immobilization; Polyurethane; Silica gel; Strength regain

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CACO 3; CONCRETE CRACKS; CONCRETE MATRIX; EARLY AGE; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; HIGH PH; IMMOBILIZED BACTERIA; MORTAR SPECIMENS; SELF-HEALING; SMALL CRACK; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRACKS; GELS; POLYURETHANES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; REGAIN; SILICA; SILICA GEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

REPAIR;

EID: 80052892670     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.06.054     Document Type: Article

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