Pozzolanic and cementitious materials

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Pozzolanic and cementitious admixtures are becoming increasingly important to enhance the environmental friendliness of portland-cement concrete and to improve workability, durability, and other properties of the material. This book provides a simple but comprehensive review of the composition and performance of important pozzolanic and cementitious admixtures, such as fly ash, granulated blast-furnace slag, natural pozzolans, silica fume, rice-husk ash and metakaolin.

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Full title :Pozzolanic and cementitious materials / V.M. Malhotra and P. Kumar Mehta.

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Publication Date:©1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Gordon and Breach
Place of Publication:Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 191 pages : : illustrations.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781482296761 (electronic bk), 1482296764 (electronic bk)
oclc:on1150149963
LC Classification:TP881
Dewey Decimal:666/.94

1. Introduction -- 2. Production, Sources, and Utilization -- 3. Chemical and Physical Characteristics -- 4. Mechanisms by which Mineral Admixtures Improve Properties of Concrete -- 5. Effect of Mineral Admixtures on Properties of Fresh Concrete -- 6. Effect of Mineral Admixtures on Properties of Hardened Concrete -- 7. Concrete Incorporating Mineral Admixtures: Durability Aspects -- 8. Selection of Materials and Mixture Proportions -- 9. Standard Specifications.