Utilization of sweet sorghum fiber to reinforce fly ash-based geopolymer

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2548-2558

  Chen, Rui ^a   Ahmari, Saeed ^a   Zhang, Lianyang ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE DECREASE; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SPLITTING TENSILE TESTS; SWEET SORGHUM STALKS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84893704947     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-013-7950-0     Document Type: Article

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