Structure and Performance of Cements

'A valuable reference tool for academics, researchers, and practitioners' Concrete International'The co-editors and authors drawn from the worldwide community are to be congratulated on the generation of a well-conceived and well-edited treatise...The Structure and Performance of Cements is recommended as a valuable resource for both industrial and academic researchers and practitioners.' - Della M. Roy in Cement and Concrete Research

• 1. Cement Manufacture  2. Composition of Cement Phases  3. The Hydration of Portland Cement  4. Calcium Aluminate Cements  5. Properties of Concrete with Mineral and Chemical Admixtures  6. Special Cements  7. Developments with Oilwell Cements  8. Gypsum in Cements  9. Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete  10. Delayed Ettringite Formation  11. Chloride-Corrosion in Cementitious Systems  12. Blastfurnace Cements  13. Properties and Applications of Natural Pozzolanas  14. Pulverised Fuel Ash as a Cement Extender  15. Metakaolin as a Pollolanic Addition to Concrete  16. Condensed Silica Fume as a Cement Extender  17. Cement-Based Composite Micro-Structures  18. X-Ray Powder Diffraction Analysis of Cements  19. Electron Microscopy of Cements  20. Electrical Monitoring Methods in Cement Science  21. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of Cements and Cement-Based Materials  22. The Use of Synchroton Sources in the Study of Cement Materials