ICE Core Concepts : Low Carbon Cements and Concrete for Construction.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sadique, Monower.

Series:

• ICE Core Concepts Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cement.
• Concrete construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : ICE Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

ICE Core Concepts: Low Carbon Cements and Concrete for Constructionis an accessible introduction to cement and concrete, focusing on recent developments and trends in low-carbon concrete materials and technologies used in construction.

Contents:

• Intro
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• Chapter 1: Cement
• Introduction
• Cement
• Manufacture of Portland cement
• Chemical properties of Portland clinker
• Cement standards, types, and designation
• Emission issues of Portland cement production
• Concrete sector approach to reducing carbon emissions
• Chapter 2: Concrete
• Concrete, mix design, and standards
• Concrete class
• Laboratory trials
• Chapter 3: Concrete strength and hydration reaction
• Hydration reaction
• Stages of hydration reaction
• Understanding and analysis of hydration
• Interfacial transition zone (ITZ)
• Factors affecting hydration
• Key concrete properties
• Aggregates
• Grading of aggregates
• Water/binder ratio
• Workability
• Segregation and bleeding of concrete
• Admixtures for concrete
• Water-reducing or plasticising admixtures
• Set-retarding admixtures
• Set-accelerating admixtures
• Air-entraining admixtures (AEA)
• Admixtures and sustainability
• Precast concrete
• Roller-compacted concrete (RCC)
• Chapter 4: Concrete degradation
• Quality and durability of concrete
• Concrete degradation through chemical actions
• Sulphate degradation and controlling measures
• Chloride degradation and controlling measures
• Carbonation degradation and controlling measures
• Acid degradation and controlling measures
• Alkali-silica reaction and controlling measures
• Concrete degradation through physical actions
• Fire degradation and controlling measures
• Freeze-thaw degradation and controlling measures
• Concrete exposure class and mix design parameters
• Chapter 5: Low carbon cement, SCMs, and embodied carbon of concrete
• Low carbon cement.
• Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM)
• Hydraulic and pozzolanic materials
• Problems and barriers in using SCM
• SCM efficiency factor
• Conformity requirement of hydraulic cement in British Standards
• Measuring the strength of cementitious binder
• Consistency and water demand of cementitious binder
• Standard consistency and setting time
• Soundness of cementitious binder
• Pozzolanicity of SCM
• Characterisation of physical and chemical properties of binders
• Basic physicochemical properties of cement
• Basic physicochemical properties of fly ash
• Basic physicochemical properties of GGBS
• Basic physicochemical properties of SF
• Benefits of fly ash concrete
• Benefits of GGBS concrete
• Benefits of SF concrete
• Durability and sustainability of concrete with SCM
• Key design guidance for sustainable concrete
• Lower carbon concrete
• Embodied carbon of concrete
• Chapter 6: Alternative cement
• Alternative binder system (ABS)
• Activation of alternative materials
• Chemical activation
• Mechanical activation
• Physicochemical activation
• Alkali-activated cement (AAC)
• Calcium aluminate cement (CAC)
• Magnesium oxide (MgO) cement
• Supersulfated cement (SSC)
• Chapter 7: Recent trends in concrete
• Self-activated geopolymer
• Calcined clay
• Additive layer manufacturing (ALM)
• Carbon sequestration, capture, and storage
• Biomass ash
• Rice husk ash (RHA)
• Paper sludge ash (PSA)
• Calcium carbide residue (CCR)
• Olivine
• Carbon nanomaterials (graphene)
• High-strength concrete (HSC)
• High-performance concrete (HPC)
• Self-compacting concrete (SCC)
• Artificial intelligence (AI) in concrete technology
• Appendix: Solutions to questions for practice
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• References
• Index.

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ISBN:

• 1-83608-476-5
• 1-83608-474-9