A discussion of the paper “study and critical view of the pozzolanicity test” by M. P. de Luxán and F. Soria
✍ Scribed by John Bensted
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
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