Optimising dosage of Lytag used as coarse aggregate in lightweight aggregate concretes
Lytag, manufactured first by pelletisation of a mixture of fly ash, bentonite and water, and then by sintering the spherical pellets at about 1 300°C, is used as coarse aggregate for producing lightweight plain and structural concrete mixtures. The weight of lightweight concretes is reduced signific...
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| Language: | English |
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South African Institution of Civil Engineering
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-20192013000100008 |