Portland cement
The third edition of this best selling book provides a concise overview of the properties and manufacturing processes of Portland Cement, which students of material sciences and graduates looking to enter the cement or concrete industries will find invaluable.
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| Other Authors | , |
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
London :
Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing,
©2011.
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| Edition | Third edition. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781628703924 162870392X 9780727741660 0727741667 9780727736116 0727736116 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 01. Introduction and composition of Portland cement / P. Livesey
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Composition of Portland cement
- 1.3. Polymorphism and solid solution in clinker compounds
- 1.4. Minor clinker compounds
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 02. Raw materials / P. del Strother
- 2.1. Raw materials
- 2.2. Proportioning of raw materials
- 2.3. Reactivity of the raw materials
- 2.4. Physical properties of raw materials
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 03. Production of cement clinker / P. del Strother
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Preparation of kiln feed
- 3.3. Pyroprocessing: principal manufacturing processes
- 3.4. Pyroprocessing: physical and chemical processes involved
- 3.5. Thermal efficiency of pyroprocessing
- Selected references
- Further reading.
- 04. Characterisation of Portland cement clinker / P. Livesey
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Chemical analysis by selective dissolution
- 4.3. Optical microscopy
- 4.4. X-ray diffraction
- 4.5. Electron microscopy
- 4.6. Concluding remarks
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 05. Grinding and fineness of cement / P. del Strother
- 5.1. Cement milling
- 5.2. Fineness of cement
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 06. Tests of cement quality / P. Livesey
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Chemical composition
- 6.3. Setting times
- 6.4. Compressive strength
- 6.5. Workability
- 6.6. Soundness
- 6.7. Heat of hydration
- 6.8. Concluding remarks
- durability of concrete
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 07. The hydration of Portland cement / L. Struble
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Hydration of the individual phases in Portland cement
- 7.3. Hydration of Portland cement.
- 7.4. Hydration at elevated temperatures
- 7.5. Concluding remarks
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 08. The nature of hardened cement paste / L. Struble
- 8.1. Microstructure of hardened cement paste
- 8.2. Surface area and porosity of hardened cement paste
- 8.3. Physical properties of hardened cement paste
- 8.4. Nature of the solid-solid bond in hardened cement paste
- 8.5. Modelling microstructure-physical property development in hydrating paste
- 8.6. Concluding remarks
- Selected references
- Futher reading
- 09. Portland cements and related blended cements / L. Struble
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Type I and related Portland cements
- 9.3. Cements with mineral constituents
- 9.4. Pozzolanic materials
- 9.5. Blastfurnace slag and blastfumace slag cements
- 9.6. Problems in specification of blended cements
- Selected references
- Further reading.
- 10. Admixtures and special cements / L. Struble
- 10.1. Admixtures
- 10.2. Oilwell cements
- 10.3. Calcium aluminate cement
- 10.4. Alkali-activated slag and aluminosilicate cements
- 10.5. Calcium sulfoaluminate cements
- Selected references
- Further reading
- 11. Environmental impact of cement manufacture / I. Walpole
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Emissions to air
- 11.3. Water
- 11.4. Environmental aspects of alternative fuels
- 11.5. Environmental monitoring
- 11.6. Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprinting
- Selected references
- Further reading.