Potential use of UK sewage sludge ash in cement-based concrete

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Waste and Resource Management

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 57-66

  Halliday, Judith E ^a   Jones, M Rod ^a   Dyer, Thomas D ^a   Ravindra K Dhir, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCRETES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL AGGREGATES; BRICK MANUFACTURES; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS; CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER PLANTS;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84870912138     PISSN: 17476526     EISSN: 17476534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2012.165.2.57     Document Type: Article

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