Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 53, Issue 5, 1313(2025)
Properties of Carbonated Waste Concrete Powder and Its Use as Supplementary Cementitious Materials: A Review
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WANG Mingxin, MAO Yuguang, HU Xiang, GUO Shuaicheng, SHI Caijun. Properties of Carbonated Waste Concrete Powder and Its Use as Supplementary Cementitious Materials: A Review[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 53(5): 1313
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