CoRncrete: A corn starch based building material

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 154, Issue , 2017, Pages 411-423

  Kulshreshtha, Y ^a   Schlangen, E ^a   Jonkers, H M ^a   Vardon, P J ^a   van Paassen, L A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Compressive strength; Construction material; Corn starch; Gelatinisation

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GELATION; HARDENING; MIXTURES; STARCH;

AGGREGATE SIZE; BIOPLASTICS; CORN STARCH; DEGRADABILITY; GELATINISATION; HARDENED MATERIALS; SELF-COMPACTING;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 85026786067     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.184     Document Type: Article

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