Pozzolanas: rice husk ash and pulverised fuel ash
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United Kingdom Quality Ash Association - for factsheets, datasheets, papers and
reports on pfa properties and utilization,
Fly Ash: A resource material for innovative Building Material - Indian perspective,
C.N. Jha & J.K. Prasad, Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council, New
Delhi,
Total Fly Ash Management: From concept to commercial reality, A. Samarin, The
Australian Coal Review, Nov. 97, pp. 34 - 37,
The Use of Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag and Pulverised Fuel Ash in Mortar,
Mortar Industry Association (UK),
Specification for Fly Ash for Use as Pozzolana and Admixture, Indian Standard IS
3812: 1981, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, India,
This technical brief was originally written for basin, Building Advisory Service and
Information Network.
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