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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 History of inorganic (calcareous) cements, mortars and concretes; 1.1 Origins; 1.2 Greek and Roman times (̃1000 BC to AD̃500; 1.3 Middle Ages (AD̃400 to AD̃1500); 1.4 Eighteenth century; 1.5 Nineteenth century; 1.6 Twentieth century (to present); 1.7 Cement and concrete in Australia; 2 Production of Portland cement; 2.1 Cement kilns; 2.2 Raw materials; 2.3 Phases in Portland cement clinker; 3 Hydration of cement -- setting reactions; 3.1 Hydration reactions of individual components in cement clinker |
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3.2 Morphology of hydrated cement products3.3 Hydration of cement paste; 3.4 Types or Portland cement; 4 Morta; 4.1 Properties of wet mortar; 4.2 Strength of mortar; 4.3 Mortar mixes; 4.4 Sprayed mortar; 5 Concrete; 5.1 Effect of the type of cement on strength; 5.2 Aggregate and the aggregate/cement bond; 5.3 Effects of water/cement ratio and workability on strength; 6 Standard tests for cements, cement pastes, mortars and concrete; 6.1 Cements; 6.2 Cement pastes; 6.3 Morta; 6.4 Concrete; 6.5 Non-destructive tests; 7 Some additives (admixtures) used in mortar and concrete |
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7.1 Accelerators, retardants and stabilizers7.2 Admixtures for air entrainment; 7.3 Additions of pozzolanas; 7.4 Superplasticizers; 8 High-performance concrete; 8.1 Reduction of the water/cement ratio; 8.2 Additions of microsilic; 8.3 Production of high-performance concrete; 8.4 Structure and properties of high-performance concrete; 9 Physical behaviour of concrete after pouring; 9.1 Before setting has commenced; 9.2 After setting has commenced; 10 Reinforced and prestressed concrete; 10.1 Reinforced concrete; 10.2 Prestressed concrete; 11 Fibre-reinforced cement and concrete |
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11.1 Types of fibre-reinforced cement (mortar)11.2 Fibre-reinforced concrete; 11.3 Some uses of fibre-reinforced cement and concrete; 12 Deterioration of cement and concrete; 12.1 Deterioration of concrete; 12.2 Corrosion of steel reinforcemen; 13 Durability and protection of concrete; 13.1 Durability; 13.2 Protection; 14 Resistance of concrete to fire; 14.1 Fire damage to concrete; 14.2 Assessment of fire damaged concrete; 15 Special cements and concretes; 15.1 High alumina cement; 15.2 Fast-setting and hardening cement; 15.3 Polymer-modified cements (mortars) and concrete |
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15.4 Supersulphated cement15.5 Modification of Portland cement-based materials; 15.6 Non-calcareous cements; Appendix A: Australian standard Portland and blended cements; A.1 General purpose cemen; A.2 Special purpose cements; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Cement.
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Concrete.
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cement (construction material)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
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Cement
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Concrete
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203860823 |
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0203860829 |
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