The Science and Technology of Cement and other Hydraulic Binders

Part 1. OVERVIEW OF CEMENT AND THE CEMENT INDUSTRY

1. Cementitious materials

2. Invention of Cement

3. The Development of the Cement Industry

4. Production of Cement

Part 2. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RAW MATERIALS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY

1. Classification of Raw Materials

2. Components of Raw Material

3. Additives and Corrective Materials

4. Raw Materials Compatibility

5. Exploration of raw materials

Part 3. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL CEMENT COMPOSITION

1. Proportioning formulae

2. Proportioning of materials and analysis

3. Calculation of raw-mix proportions

4. Calculation of phase composition

Part 4. OVERVIEW OF SIZE REDUCTION OF RAW MATERIALS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY

1. Coarse size reduction

2. Intermediate size reduction

3. Removal of foreign bodies

4. Fine size reduction

5. Size classification

6. Reactivity of ground raw mix

7. Grinding aids for cement industry

Part 5. PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE OF PORTLAND CEMENT

1. Technical considerations

2. Manufacture of cement by dry process

3. Manufacture of cement by wet process

4. Manufacture of cement by semi-dry process

5. Manufacture by semi-wet process

Part 6. FUELS, BURNABILITY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CEMENT RAW MIX

1. Fuels

2. Storage of fuels

3. Utilization of fuel

4. Combustible wastes (Refinery sludge)

5. Cost effective utilization of other combustible wastes

6. Chopped tyres

7. Municipal refuge

8. Use of industrial wastes in cement kiln

Part 7. FORMATION OF CEMENT PHASES AND KINETICS OF CLINKER FORMATION

1. Formation of clinker phases

2. Portland Cement Constituents

3. Quality control of cement clinker

Part 8. PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND FORMATION OF CLINKER PHASES

1. Important definitions

2. Interpretation of phase diagrams

3. One component system

4. Two component system

5. Lever rule (or center of gravity principle)

6. The course of crystallization in binary systems

7. Melting in binary systems

8. Crystallization in binary solid-solution systems

9. Three component system

10. Ternary CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 system

11. The field of cement in the system CaO-Al2O3-SiO2

Part 9. OVERVIEW OF CEMENT CLINKER GRINDING

1. Grinding systems

2. Pre-grinding before final grinding

3. Finish grinding

4. Fineness and particle size distribution of cement

5. Grinding aids used in clinker grinding

6. Grinding temperature

Part 10. STORAGE OF CLINKER AND CEMENT, PACKING AND DISPATCH OF CEMENT

1. Storage of clinker

2. Storage of cement

3. Cement packing and handling

4. Dispatch and transport of cement

Part 11. POLLUTANTS AND POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY

1. Environmental noise pollution

2. Environmental improvements by abatement of ground vibrations

3. Pollution control equipment

4. Environmental gas pollution

5. Conventional control technologies in industries

6. Process compatible control technology in cement manufacturing

7. Measurement of harmful emissions

Part 12. HYDRATION AND SETTING OF PORTLAND CEMENT

1. Process of hydration

2. The Induction Period

3. Hydration of the pure phases

4. Mechanism of hydration of pure phases

5. Mechanism of hydration of Portland cement

6. Hydration of cement at elevated temperature

7. Hydration of cement at low temperature

8. Air setting of Portland cement

9. Carbonation of cement

Part 13. TYPES OF GYPSUM AND SET REGULATION OF CEMENT

1. Mineral gypsum

2. Influence of gypsum on grindability of clinker

3. Influence of gypsum on hydration of cement

4. Influence of gypsum on the hydration of Portland cement5. Optimum gypsum content in cement6. Types of gypsum

7. Gypsum and plaster of paris

8. Keene's Cement

Part 14. PORTLAND CEMENT ADDITIVES

1. Admixture for cement

2. Admixture for cement mortar and concrete

3. Accelerators4. Retarders

5. Water-proofers

6. Workability aids and plasticizers

7. Superplasticizers

8. Air-entraining admixtures

Part 15. ADVANCES IN SOME SPECIAL AND NEWER CEMENTS

1. White cement

2. Coloured cements

3. Quick setting cement

4. Early strength cement

5. High early strength cement

6. Alinite cement7. Belite cement

8. Activated belite cement

9. Low-heat cement10. Rapid hardening cement

11. Extra rapid hardening cement12. Sorel cement

13. Phosphate cements

14. Keene’s cement15. Iron ore cement

16. Barium cement

17. Sulphate resisting cement

18. Hydrophobic cement

19. Waterproof cement

20. Oil well cement

21. Expanding cement

22. Masonry cement

Part 16. ADVANCES IN BLENDED CEMENTS

1. Portland based cements

2. Formulation of blended cements

3. Alkali activated slag or aluminosilicates

4. Pyrament cement

5. Alite sulphoaluminate cement

6. Belite sulpho-aluminate cement

7. Blended high alumina cements

8. Blended ciment fondu

9. Limestone filler and blending component

Part 17. DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTLAND SLAG CEMENTS

1. Production of slag

2. Activation of slag

3. Types of slag cements

4. Granulation of slag5. Manufacture of slag cement

6. Properties of slag cement

7. Kinetics of hydration of cements containing slag

8. Portland slag cement – specifications

Part 18. CLASSIFICATION OF POZZOLANA AND PRODUCTION OF POZZOLANIC CEMENTS

1. Pozzolana

2. Classification of pozzolanas

3. Pozzolanic cements4. Pozzolanic activity

5. Hydration of pozzolanic materials and cement

6. Silica fume-cement hydration reaction

7. Kinetics of hydration of cement containing pozzolanas

8. Properties of pozzolanic cements

9. Applications of pozzolanic cements

10. Advantages of pozzolana cement

11. Disadvantages

12. Portland-pozzolana cement specifications

Part 19. CALCIUM ALUMINATE AND HIGH ALUMINA CEMENTS

1. Non-Portland cement

2. Manufacture of high alumina cement

3. Chemical and mineralogical composition of high alumina cement

4. WHITE ALUMINOUS CEMENTS

5. Properties of high alumina cement

6. Hydration of aluminous cement7. Hydration of individual phases

8. Effect of temperature on hydration and hydrated aluminous cement

9. Water combined on setting

10. Volume change in setting of aluminous cement

11. Applications of refractory calcium aluminate cement

12. Measures to control the rise of temperature

13. Mixtures of high alumina cement and Portland cement

14. The setting of high alumina cement

15. Effect of additions on aluminous cement16. Macro-defect-free (MDF) cement

17. Mixtures of aluminous cement and granulated blast furnace slag

18. Attack of external agencies on aluminous cement concrete

Part 20. ADVANCES IN HIGH STRENGTH CEMENT BASED MATERIALS

1. DSP cement

2. HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE (HSC)

3. Polymer modified cement products

4. Macro-defect-free (MDF) materials

5. PC-MDF Cement

6. Laminated MDF

7. Infiltrated products

8. DSP Composites

9. Compact reinforced concrete

10. Ultra-high strength concrete

Part 21. FIBRE REINFORCED CEMENT - THIN SHEETS

1. The matrix phase

2. Fibres and their properties

3. Manufacture of composites

4. Properties of composites

5. Glass fibre reinforced cement

6. Glass fibre reinforced gypsum (GRG)

7. Carbon fibre reinforced cement

8. Organic polymer fibre reinforced cement

9. Natural plant fibre reinforced cement

10. Future prospects

Part 22. DEVELOPMENT OF NON-PORTLAND CEMENTS

1. Formation of Non-Portland cements

2. HYDRATION OF NPC

3. MICROSTRUCTURE OF NON-PORTLAND CEMENTS

4. PERFORMANCE AND USES OF NON-PORTLAND CEMENTSLIME AND RELATED PRODUCTS AS MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION

1. Importance of lime

2. Types of lime

3. Fat limes4. Hydraulic limes

5. Comparisons of fat lime with hydraulic lime

6. Selection of limestones

7. Lime kilns8. Lime mortar

9. Lime cycle

10. Classification of lime

11. Specification for building limes