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Toward smart and sustainable cement manufacturing process: Analysis and optimization of cement clinker quality using thermodynamic and data-informed approaches
- Award ID(s):
- 2228782
- PAR ID:
- 10485360
- Publisher / Repository:
- Elsevier
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Cement and Concrete Composites
- Volume:
- 147
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0958-9465
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 105436
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105436
