Modelling the loss of strength and porosity increase due to the leaching of cement pastes
✍ Scribed by Christophe Carde; Raoul François
- Book ID
- 108476724
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 717 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0958-9465
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