Pozzolanic and Cementitious Materials. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: V.M. Malhotra, P.K. Mehta.
• Authors: Malhotra, V. M; Mehta, P. K
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; Definitions; HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT; BENEFITS FROM THE USE OF MINERAL ADMIXTURES; 2. PRODUCTION, SOURCES, AND UTILIZATION; MINERAL ADMIXTURES FROM NATURAL SOURCES; COAL ASHES; METALLURGICAL SLAGS; SILICA FUME; RICE-HUSK ASH; 3. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; 4. MECHANISMS BY WHICH MINERAL ADMIXTURES IMPROVE PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE; WATER-REDUCING EFFECT OF MINERAL ADMIXTURES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE STRENGTH, WATER-TIGHTNESS, AND CHEMICAL DURABILITYRESISTANCE TO THERMAL CRACKING; 5. EFFECT OF MINERAL ADMIXTURES ON PROPERTIES OF FRESH CONCRETE; WATER DEMAND; AIR ENTRAINMENT; BLEEDING; SETTING TIME; PLASTIC-SHRINKAGE CRACKING OF FRESH CONCRETE; 6. EFFECT OF MINERAL ADMIXTURES ON PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE; COLOUR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH; YOUNG'S MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; CREEP; DRYING SHRINKAGE; TEMPERATURE RISE AND THERMAL SHRINKAGE; 7. CONCRETE INCORPORATING MINERAL ADMIXTURES: DURABILITY ASPECTS; PERMEABILITY; CARBONATION SULPHATE RESISTANCE AND ACID RESISTANCEDURABILITY OF CONCRETE TO REPEATED CYCLES OF FREEZING AND THAWING; FIRE RESISTANCE; ALKALI-AGGREGATE REACTIVITY; ABRASION RESISTANCE; 8. SELECTION OF MATERIALS AND MIXTURE PROPORTIONS; 9. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS; FLY ASH; NATURAL POZZOLANS; IRON BLAST-FURNACE SLAG; SILICA FUME; PROPOSAL FOR A SINGLE STANDARD FOR ALL MINERAL ADMIXTURES; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 666.94; Concrete; Cement; Cement; Concrete; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482296761; 1482296764
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