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dc.contributor.authorBarbhuiya, Salim
dc.contributor.authorKumala, Davin
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-28T06:36:41Z
dc.date.available2017-11-28T06:36:41Z
dc.date.created2017-11-28T06:21:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationBarbhuiya, S. and Kumala, D. 2017. Behaviour of a sustainable concrete in acidic environment. Sustainability. 9: 1556.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58709
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su9091556
dc.description.abstract

Sustainability has become one of the most important considerations in building design and construction in recent years. Concrete is susceptible to acid attack because of its alkaline nature. The socioeconomic losses associated with infrastructure deterioration due to acid attack exceed billions of dollars all around the world. An experimental investigation was carried out to study the behaviour of sustainable concrete in 3% sulphuric acid and 1.5% nitric acid environment in which cement was replaced by a combination of fly ash and ultra fine fly ash. It was found that the compressive strength loss of concrete in these acid environments was the minimum in which cement was replaced by 30% fly ash and 10% ultra fine fly ash. This mix also showed the lowest mass loss when exposed to these acids.

dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleBehaviour of a sustainable concrete in acidic environment
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.issn2071-1050
dcterms.source.titleSustainability
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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