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Portland Cement
Composition, Production and Properties
- 1st Edition - March 1, 1983
- Author: G. C. Bye
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 9 9 6 4 - 8
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 9 9 6 5 - 5
Provides a concise, up-to-date introduction to portland cement, its raw materials and processes employed in its manufacture, together with an account of the current knowledge of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteProvides a concise, up-to-date introduction to portland cement, its raw materials and processes employed in its manufacture, together with an account of the current knowledge of the reactions of cement minerals with water and of property-microstructure relationships in the hardened paste obtained. Other topics covered include the characterisation of the product by optical microscopy and x-ray diffraction, the principles underlying performance tests specified in national standards, and a short account of special cements. Selected literature references which illustrate the application of physico-chemical principles and techniques, are included.
Of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of ceramics, materials science and technology and those engaged in use or research into concrete in building science and civil engineering.
Introduction and composition of portland cement. Raw materials. Production of cement clinker. Characterisation of portland cement clinker. Grinding and fineness of cement. Tests of cement quality. The hydration of portland cement. The nature of hardened cement paste. Special cements. Index.
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 1, 1983
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080299648
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080299655
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G. C. Bye
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Blue Circle Industries, UK