Assessment of physical and mechanical properties of cement panel influenced by treated and untreated coconut fiber addition

Physics Procedia

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 263-269

  Abdullah, Alida ^a   Jamaludin, Shamsul Baharin ^a   Anwar, Mohamed Iylia ^a   Noor, Mazlee Mohd ^a   Hussin, Kamarudin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cement panel; Compressive strength; Density; Moisture content; Treated coconut fiber; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

COARSE AGGREGATES; COCONUT FIBER; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WATER-CEMENT RATIO;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84856845454     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.11.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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