Portland Cement: Composition, Production and Properties, 2nd edition

✍ Scribed by Bye, G. C

• Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 234
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Portland cement is one of the most traditional of construction materials. Rising costs of the energy required for its manufacture and the increasing interest in understanding the mechanisms of concrete deterioration, as well as the importance of optimising the use of Portland cement in high quality concrete, have continued to sustain interest in this important material. This second edition of this popular book provides an up-to-date introduction to the raw materials and manufacturing processes of Portland cement

✦ Table of Contents

Content: * Introduction: nomenclature and composition of Portland cement * Raw materials * Clinker production processes
energy considerations * Techniques of clinker characterisation * Grinding, fineness and particle size distribution of cement * Test of quality
heat of hydration * Hydration chemistry and reaction rates * Microstructure and physical properties of hardened cement paste * European classification of Portland cements
composition and properties of blended cements * Some special cements

✦ Subjects

Portland cement.