Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 1255(2025)
Review on Reuse of Discarded Masks in Cement-based Building Materials
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SUN Xinpo, WANG Chunying, TIAN Zijian, XU Ao. Review on Reuse of Discarded Masks in Cement-based Building Materials[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 44(4): 1255
Received: Nov. 18, 2024
Accepted: May. 26, 2025
Published Online: May. 26, 2025
The Author Email: XU Ao (xuao@suse.edu.cn)