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title/link
Cement Cement History A brief introduction to the
History history of Portland cement

Basic Some basic Defines some components of

Definitions definitions used in cement and concrete, eg:

cement and "clinker", "aggregate"
concrete

A little basic Some simple but essential

chemistry bits of basic chemistry
applicable to cement

Production Raw Materials Raw materials used in cement

production

Manufacturing Describes the basic

components of a cement
plant

Cement Kilns Description of a rotary kiln,

including wet and dry
processes

Refractories Brief introduction to

refractories in the cement
kiln

Cement Mill Describes the cement ball

mill

Clinker Portland cement Illustrated description of a

clinker overview clinker nodule
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Clinker: Cement Describes cement chemists'

chemistry notation quirky but useful notation

Clinker: reactions Describes the reactions in the

in the kiln kiln as the raw meal is
converted to clinker

Clinker: Describes Lime Saturation

compositional Factor, Silica Ratio (Silica
parameters Modulus) and Alumina Ratio
(Alumina Modulus)

Clinker: Factors influencing how

combinability of easily the raw meal may be
mixes combined to produce clinker

The Bogue Describes the Bogue

calculation calculation, widely used to
estimate the proportions of
clinker minerals

Cement Milling Milling and gypsum addition

Variability of Discusses variations in

Portland cement cement performance

Cement Cement Hydration Describes the process of

hydration cement hydration and the

hydration products

Strength Discusses factors affecting

development in concrete (and mortar)
concrete strength

Deleterious Deleterious Outlines the principal

processes in processes in reactions that can adversely
concrete concrete affect concrete (most are

discussed in more detail in
separate articles, see below)

Alkali-silica Illustrated discussion of the

reaction in concrete process of asr in concrete

Sulfate attack in Effects of sulfate attack,

concrete and causes, conventional sulfate
mortar attack, delayed ettringite
formation

Carbonation of Discusses the process of

concrete carbonation and how to test
for it

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Aircrete Autoclaved aerated Describes the production of

concrete autoclaved aerated concrete

Cement Cement analysis Introduction to cement

analysis analysis during the

manufacturing process

Cement Introduction to Brief introduction to how

microscopy cement microscopy microscopy of clinker is used

to determine factors such as
raw meal fineness and kiln
conditions

BLOG Estimating w/c Discusses approaches to

ARTICLES ratios assessing the water-cement

ratio of hardened concrete,
with some reference images
for you to have a go yourself

Measuring the Mortar porosity measurement

porosity of mortar using backscattered electron

imaging

ASR and glass Does cement react with

glass? This article shows the
answer...

Mesocrystals Sea urchin spines are made

of calcium carbonate and are
stronger than they should be.
A group from the University
of Konstanz in Germany has
found out why, and is
researching whether this
could have applications to
concrete

Glenfinnan Viaduct Article on one of the earliest

poured concrete structures
built in the industrial
revolution

Concrete curing Describes the effect on paste

microstructure of poor
concrete curing

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