Titanium dioxide as photocatalyses to create self cleaning concrete and improve indoor air quality

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 6767-6774

  Awadalla, Arafa ^a   Zain, Muhammad Fauzi Mohd ^a   Kadhum, Abdul Amir H ^a   Abdalla, Zeinab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Concrete composite panel; Degradation; Indoor air quality; Photocatalyses; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855198046     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/IJPS11.254     Document Type: Article

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