Concrete materials properties, specifications and testing
Title:
Concrete materials properties, specifications and testing
Author:
Popovics, Sandor, 1921-
ISBN:
9781591240396
9780815516552
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Park Ridge, N.J. : Noyes Publications, ©1992.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 661 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Building materials science series
Building materials science series.
Contents:
Front Cover; Concrete Materials: Prpperties, Specifications and Testing; Copyright Page; Preface; NOTICE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. INTRODUCfION; Chapter 2. PORTLAND CEMENT-TYPES, PROPERTIES AND SPECIFICATIONS; Summary; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 History of Portland Cement; 2.3 Manufacture; 2.4 Composition of Portland Cement Clinker; 2.5 Types of Portland Cement; 2.6 Blended Portland Cements; 2.7 Technically Important Preperties of Portland Cement-Testing and Specifications; 2.8 Uniformity of Cements; 2.9 Sampling; 2.10 Storage of Cements; Chapter 3. HYDRATION OF PORTLAND CEMENT; Summary.
Abstract:
Focuses on concrete ingredients and their relationships to concrete by discussing their properties, pertinent test methods, specifications, proper use and selection, and solutions to problems in practice. The approach is practice oriented, and the book assists in the improved application of concrete through an understanding of its ingredients. This is aided by the discussion of certain fundamental aspects and relationships in quantitative forms.
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