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Portland Cement

April 15, 2021 TeamCivil Concrete, Materials

Concrete is the most widely used man-made material today on earth, with portland cement being the most common type of binder used in its production. Cement-based materials gain their strength and other properties through the process

Portland Cement Hydration

March 11, 2017 TeamCivil Concrete, Materials

In a previous post about cement and its components, we mentioned that there are four compounds of cement. They are: Silicates Alite, C3S Belite, C2S Aluminates Tricalcium aluminate, C3A Calcium alumino ferrite, C4AF Portland Cement Hydration

ASTM: Types of Portland Cement

January 6, 2017 TeamCivil Concrete, Materials

Introduction to Concrete Components

January 3, 2017 TeamCivil Concrete, Materials