Investigating the possibility of utilization of kaolin and the potential of metakaolin to produce green cement for construction purposes-A review

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 441-449

  Liew, Y M ^a   Kamarudin, H ^a   Mustafa Al Bakri, A M ^a   Luqman, M ^a   Khairul Nizar, I ^a   Heah, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cement Powder; Geopolymer; Green Cement; Kaolin; Metakaolin

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855200122     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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