Midribs of date palm as a raw material for wood-cement composite industry in Saudi Arabia

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1651-1658

  Nasser, Ramadan A ^a   Al Mefarrej, Hamad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Date palm; Hydration; Portland cement; Wood cement panels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856160308     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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