Carbonation of concrete in the tropical environment of Singapore

IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-153

  Tam, C T ^a   Lim, H B ^a   Sisomphon, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Carbonation; Corrosion; Diffusion; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907812864     PISSN: 19373260     EISSN: 19373279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19373260701797424     Document Type: Article

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