Use of coir pith particles in composites with Portland cement

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 228-238

  Brasileiro, Gisela Azevedo Menezes ^a,b   Vieira, Jhonatas Augusto Rocha ^a   Barreto, Ledjane Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica de Sergipe   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coir pith particles; Mechanical properties; Mortar; Physical properties; Portland cement

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BYPRODUCTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORTAR; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BULK DENSITY; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COCONUT HUSK; COCOS NUCIFERA; COIR PITH; COIR PITH PARTICLE; LONG FIBER; NATURAL SAND; SHORT FIBER;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

CEMENT; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

CEMENT; COIR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE; CRACKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COCONUT; COIR; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRUIT HUSK; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RIGIDITY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SAND; SAWDUST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRAZIL;

COCOS NUCIFERA;

COIR PITH PARTICLES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORTAR; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORTLAND CEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; COCOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; LIGNIN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84886857745     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.09.046     Document Type: Article

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