Mix design for fly ash based oil palm shell geopolymer lightweight concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 490-496

  Kupaei, Ramin Hosseini ^a   Alengaram, U Johnson ^a   Jumaat, Mohd Zamin Bin ^a   Nikraz, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fly ash Oil palm shell Lightweight aggregate Geopolymer concrete Mix design

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ACTIVATORS; COARSE AGGREGATES; LOW CALCIUM FLY ASH; MIX PROPORTIONING; MIXTURE PROPORTIONS; OIL PALM; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SODIUM SILICATE;

AGGREGATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXTURES; FLY ASH; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON COMPOUNDS;

PALM OIL;

EID: 84875894501     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.02.071     Document Type: Article

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