Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 1208(2025)

Review on Performance Regulation of Phosphogypsum-Based Excess-Sulphate Slag Cement

WANG Ziyan1,2, SUN Tao1,3、*, and OUYANG Gaoshang1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
  • 3Wuhan University of Technology Advanced Engineering Technology Research Institute of Zhongshan City, Zhongshan 528437, China
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    Received: Dec. 24, 2024

    Accepted: May. 26, 2025

    Published Online: May. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: SUN Tao (sunt@whut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.16552/j.cnki.issn1001-1625.2024.1607

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