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Microbial biocementation
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Microbial biocementation

E.S. Kucharski, R. Cord-Ruwisch, V.S. Whiffin and S. Al-Thawadi
Patent, Vol.WO2006066326
2006
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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.

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