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Constituent Materials
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Edited By
John Newman, Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
B S Choo, School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Description
BBased on the Institute of Concrete Technology's advanced course, the Advanced Concrete Technology series is a comprehensive
educational and reference resource for the concrete materials technologist. An expert international team of authors from research, academia,
and industry have come together to produce this unique reference source.
This first volume deals with the constituent materials of concrete.
With worked examples, case studies and illustrations throughout, the book will be a key reference for the concrete specialist for years
to come.
Audience
Practitioners in the concrete and cement industry. Academics and postgraduate students of civil engineering and related subjects
Contents
CEMENTS: Review of cements including blended cements, manufacture, chemical composition, chemical and physical processes of hydration,
modern methods of analysis. Calcium aluminate cement
CEMENTITIOUS ADDITIONS: Review of types covering: pulverised fuel ash, ground granulated
blastfurnace slag and silica fume, origins and manufacture, chemical composition, physical characteristics; chemical and physical processes
of hydration and interaction: effects on properties of concretes, mortars and grouts: methods of test: applications: mixer blends and
blended cements.
ADMIXTURES: Review of types and classification: chemical composition: origin and manufacture: actions and interactions:
usage: effects on properties of concretes, mortars and grouts: methods of test; applications.
AGGREGATES: Review of types: elementary
mineralogy and petrology: Aggregate prospecting; quarrying and gravel-winning practice:Production of artificial aggregates: Sampling
and testing: effects on properties of concretes, mortars and grouts.
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Hardbound, 288 pages, publication date: SEP-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5103-5
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5103-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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