Lea's chemistry of cement and concrete / edited by Peter C. Hewlett, Martin Liska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewlett, P. C., editor.

Liska, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cement.

Concrete--Chemistry.

Concrete.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (858 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2019]

Summary:

Lea's Chemistry of Cement and Concrete, Fifth Edition, examines the suitability and durability of different types of cements and concretes, their manufacturing techniques and the role that aggregates and additives play in achieving concrete's full potential of delivering a high-quality, long-lasting, competitive and sustainable product.- Provides a 60% revision over the fourth edition last published in 2004- Includes updated chapters that represent the latest technological advances in the industry, including, but not exclusive to the production of low-energy cements, cement admixtures and concrete aggregates- Presents expanded coverage of the suitability and durability of materials aggregates and additives

Contents:

The History of Calcareous Cements / Edwin A.R.Trout

Manufacture of Portland Cement / Peter del Strother

Components in Portland Cement Clinker and Their Phase Relationships / Duncan Herfort and Donald E. Macphee

Constitution and Specification of Portland Cement / Arthur Michael Harrisson

Hydration, Setting and Hardening of Portland Cement / James Beaudoin and Ivan Odler

Resistance of Concrete to Destructive Agencies / Sidney Mindess

Physicochemical and Mechanical Properties of Portland Cements / Kevin A. Paine

The Production of Low Energy Cements / Thomas Harrison, Martyn Roderick Jones and David Lawrence

Pozzolanas and Pozzolanic Materials / Michael JohnMcCarthy and Thomas Daniel Dyer

Cements Made From Blastfurnace Slag / Micheline Moranville-Regourd and Siham Kamali-Bernard

Microsilica as an Addition / Robert Lewis and Per Fidjestøla

Calcium Aluminate Cements / Jason H. Ideker, Karen L. Scrivener, Hervé Fryda and BrunoTouzo

Special Cements / Martin Liska, Alexander Wilson and John Bensted

Cement and Concrete Admixtures / Peter Clive Hewlett, Harald Justnes and Rodney M. Edmeades

Concrete Aggregates / Ian Sims, John Lay and James Ferrari

Geopolymers and Other Alkali-Activated Materials / John L. Provis and Jannie S.J. van Deventer

The Influence of the Water/Cement Ratio on the Sustainability of Concrete / Pierre-Claude Aïtcin.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780081007952

0081007957

9780081007730

0081007736