Cement Chemistry and Physics for Civil Engineers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820601236)

Contents - Preface - I. CONSTITUENTS - Lime - Silica - Alumina - Ferric Oxide - II. HYDRAULIC LIMES - Pozzolanic limes - Burnt hydraulic limes - III. PORTLAND CEMENT - Definition and manufacture - Chemical composition and evaluation - Hydration - CHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF HYDRATION PRODUCTS - PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDRATION PRODUCTS - The setting process of cement - The hardening process and the factors affecting it - POROSITY - CHEMICAL COMPOSITION - FINENESS - HUMIDITY - TEMPERATURE - Mechanical strength tests - Volume changes - BLEEDING - CONTRACTION - SHRINKAGE AND SWELLING - Heat of hydration - Water permeability - Resistance to the action of chemical aggressive agents - DISSOLUTION PROCESSES - CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION - CORROSIVE AGENTS IN CONCRETE CONSTITUENTS - PROTECTION OF CONCRETE AGAINST CORROSION - Frost resistance - IV. SLAG CEMENTS - Blast furnace slag - Blast furnace slag cements - Supersulphated cements - V. POZZOLANIC CEMENTS - VI. ALUMINOUS CEMENTS - VII. CONCRETE ADDITIVES - VIII. SPECIAL CEMENTS - INDEX -

Author: Wolfgang Czernin
ISBN-10: 0820601233
ISBN-13: 9780820601236
Publisher: Chemical Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/12/1962
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d