Self Healing Concrete: A Biological Approach

Springer Series in Materials Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2007, Pages 195-204

  Jonkers, Henk M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blast Furnace Slag; Calcium Silicate Hydrate; Portland Cement; Silica Fume; Steel Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072859389     PISSN: 0933033X     EISSN: 21962812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6250-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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