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Description: Now in paperback!
Discusses the chemical and physical properties of cement and concrete and the relationship to practical problems that arise in manufacture and use. Useful to chemists involved in both silicate materials and concrete technology. Published by Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
If you held off purchasing a copy of Lea's because of the cost, you will be pleased to know that this essential reference source is now available in paperback at about half the original price.
Covers raw materials and manufacturing processes for portland cements, cement components and their phase relations, cementing qualities of the cement compounds, and proportioning and burning of portland cement. Physical and mechanical properties of portland cement are discussed such as cement hydration, setting and hardening, the structure of cement compounds, and the action of acid and sulfate waters on portland cement. Also covered are pozzolans and pozzolanic cements, blast furnace slag cements, high-alumina cements, and special cements such as white, colored, waterproofed, masonry, oil-well, and expansive cements. Other topics: concrete aggregates, concrete resistance to natural destructive forces, and concrete resistance to organic and inorganic agents. There is a separate chapter on the examination of concrete failures.
By F.M. Lea
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