The physical and mechanical properties of composite cements manufactured with calcareous and clayey Greek diatomite mixtures

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Fragoulis, D ^a   Stamatakis, M G ^b   Papageorgiou, D ^a   Chaniotakis, E ^a  

^a TITAN CEMENT COMPANY S A   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Cement; Diatom frustules; Diatomite; Pozzolana

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CLAY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IRON OXIDES; LIME; MIXTURES; ROCKS; SILICA;

AMORPHOUS SILICA; DIATOM FRUSTULES; DIATOMITE;

POZZOLAN;

EID: 9644254347     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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