Scaled-up commercial production of reactive magnesium cement pressed masonry units. Part I: Production

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-223

  Liska, Martin ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a   Carter, Kneale ^b   Fifield, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Anderton Concrete ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CRH plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickwork Masonry; Strength and resting of materials; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CEMENT COMPONENTS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; LABORATORY WORK; MASONRY BLOCKS; MASONRY UNITS; NATURAL AGGREGATE; PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; REACTIVE MAGNESIA CEMENT; SCALING-UP; YORKSHIRE , UK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; MAGNESIA; MAGNESIUM; MASONRY MATERIALS; PORTLAND CEMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84870932348     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.10.00032     Document Type: Article

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