A reply to a discussion by I. Odler of the paper “on the properties of freshly made portland cement paste. Part I. Origins of the colloidal behaviour of cement paste”
✍ Scribed by S. Chatterji
- Book ID
- 107728398
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
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