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Microbial biocementation
Patent, Vol.WO2006066326
2006
Abstract
A method of forming a high strength cement in a permeable starting material, the method comprising the step of combining the starting material with effective amounts of (i) a urease producing micro-organism; (ii) urea; and (iii) calcium ions and wherein the effective amount of the urease producing organism provides a urea hydrolysis rate, under standard conditions, of 0.5-50 mM urea hydrolysed.min-1.
Details
- Title
- Microbial biocementation
- Authors/Creators
- E.S. Kucharski (Author/Creator)R. Cord-Ruwisch (Author/Creator)V.S. Whiffin (Author/Creator)S. Al-Thawadi (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Patent, Vol.WO2006066326
- Identifiers
- 991005545162307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
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