Cement and Concrete Chemistry

• Main Author: Kurdowski, Wieslaw (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Building materials.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Building Materials.

This monograph describes cement clinker formation. It covers multicomponent systems, clinker phase structures and their reactions with water,  hydrate composition and structure, as well as their physical properties. The mineral additions to cement are described as are their influence on cement-paste...

Table of Contents:

• Cement Kinds and Principles of their Classification
• Portland Cement Clinker
• Hydration of Clinker Phases
• Cement Hydration
• The Properties of Cement Paste
• Concrete Properties
• Mineral Additions for Cement Production
• Hydration of Cements with Mineral Additions
• Special Cements
• New Concretes.