Use of scanning electron microscopy in concrete studies

Structural Survey

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-153

  Balendran, R V ^a   Pang, H W ^b   Wen, H X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Concrete; Research; Scanning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078201     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630809810232718     Document Type: Review

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