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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bye, G. C.
Otros Autores: Livesey, Paul, Struble, Leslie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing, Ã2011.
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Portland cement.
Ciment Portland.
Portland cement
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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