ABSTRACT

Cements and other binders, by their compatibility to other composite constituents, bind together and ensure transmission of forces and displacements. The following are the main groups of inorganic binders:

1 hydraulic cements (Portland cements), also blended with various secondary cementing materials, like pozzolans, slag cement, fl y ash, etc.;

2 high alumina cements, natural cements; 3 non-hydraulic cements (gypsum, lime, magnesium cement); 4 hydrothermal cements; 5 sulphur cement.