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Closure to “Suppressing Ettringite-Induced Swelling of Gypseous Soil by Using Magnesia-Activated Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag” by Wentao Li, Yaolin Yi, and Anand J. Puppala

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Received: Nov 16, 2020
Accepted: Mar 9, 2021
Published online: May 4, 2021
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Discussion open until: Oct 4, 2021

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Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei Univ. of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430068, China; formerly, Research Fellow, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., 50 Nanyang Ave., 639798, Singapore. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-0509. Email: [email protected]
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., 50 Nanyang Ave., 639798, Singapore (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1188-3799. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Anand J. Puppala, Ph.D., F.ASCE [email protected]
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A.P. and Florence Wiley Chair Professor, Zachry Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843. Email: [email protected]

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