ABSTRACT

Drawing together a multinational team of authors, this second edition of Structure and Performance of Cements highlights the latest global advances in the field of cement technology. Three broad categories are covered: basic materials and methods, cement extenders, and techniques of examination. Within these categories consideration has been given

chapter 1|24 pages

Cement manufacture

chapter 2|32 pages

Composition of cement phases

chapter 3|57 pages

Hydration of Portland cement

chapter 4|26 pages

Calcium aluminate cements

chapter 6|51 pages

Special cements

chapter 7|16 pages

Developments with oilwell cements

chapter 8|12 pages

Gypsum in cements

chapter 9|17 pages

Alkali-silica reaction in concrete

chapter 10|13 pages

Delayed ettringite formation

chapter 11|15 pages

Chloride corrosion in cementitious system

chapter 12|16 pages

Blastfurnace cements

chapter 14|19 pages

Pulverized fuel ash as a cement extender

chapter 16|10 pages

Condensed silica fume as a cement extender

chapter 17|11 pages

Cement-based composite micro- structures

chapter 18|22 pages

X-ray powder diffraction analysis of cements

chapter 22|57 pages

Electron microscopy of cements