A review on fly ash characteristics – Towards promoting high volume utilization in developing sustainable concrete

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 546-559

  Hemalatha, T ^a   Ramaswamy, Ananth ^b  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkali activation; Class C; Class F; Fly ash; Geopolymer; Pozzolanic

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; DURABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDRATION;

ALKALI ACTIVATION; CEMENT REPLACEMENT MATERIALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLASS-F; FLY ASH CHARACTERISTICS; GEOPOLYMER; MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES; POZZOLANIC;

FLY ASH;

EID: 85013684417     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.114     Document Type: Review

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