Binders for Durable and Sustainable Concrete

Pierre-Claude Aitcin

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2007
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040213803
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Linking theory to practice, this book provides a better fundamental understanding of Portland cement and hydraulic binders which is necessary to make better concrete. It has been clearly demonstrated that concrete durability is closely linked to its water/binder ratio and proper curing during the first week after casting. In this rigorously present

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Note from the author
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Binders and concrete of yesterday
• Chapter 3: The hydraulic binders and concrete industries at the beginning of the twenty-first century
• Chapter 4: The chemical and phase composition of Portland cement
• Chapter 5: Production of Portland cement
• Chapter 6: Portland cement hydration
• Chapter 7: Admixtures
• Chapter 8: Cementitious materials other than Portland cement: supplementary cementitious materials, mineral components Portland cement additions
• Chapter 9: Special Portland cements and other types of hydraulic binder
• Chapter 10: The art and science of high-performance concrete
• Chapter 11: The development of the cement and concrete industries within a sustainable development policy
• Chapter 12: Cements of yesterday and today, concretes of tomorrow
• Chapter 13: My vision of clinkers and binders
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV
• Appendix V
• Appendix VI
• Appendix VII
• Appendix VIII
• Appendix IX
• Appendix X
• Appendix XI
• Index