low-heat cement
1low-heat cement — noun : a portland cement specially prepared to develop a relatively low amount of heat of hydration during the setting and hardening period …
2cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… …
3Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… …
4Cement kiln — Cement kilns are used for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of Portland and other types of hydraulic cement, in which calcium carbonate reacts with silica bearing minerals to form a mixture of calcium silicates. Over a billion tonnes of… …
5Cement mill — A 10 MW cement mill, output 270 tonnes per hour A cement mill (or finish mill in North American usage[1]) is the equipment used to grind the hard, nodular clinker from the cement kiln into the fine grey powder that is cement. Most cement is… …
6Portland cement — is the most common type of cement in general usage in many parts of the world, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non specialty grout. It is a fine powder produced by Portland cement clinker (more than 90%), a… …
7Clinker (cement) — Typical clinker nodules Hot clinker In the manufacture of …
8Approximate Composition of Portland Cement, Table — ▪ Table Table 2: Approximate Composition of Portland Cement (ASTM Types I–V) ASTM type and name composition (%)* characteristics applications C3S C2S C3A C4AF I (Ordinary) 42–65 10–30 0–17 6–18 no special requirements general construction …
9White Portland cement — or white ordinary Portland cement (WOPC) is similar to ordinary, gray Portland cement in all respects except for its high degree of whiteness. Obtaining this color requires substantial modification to the method of manufacture, and because of… …
10Bone cement — Background =Bone cements have been used very successfully to anchor artificial joints (hip joints, knee joints, shoulder and elbow joints) for more than half a century. Today virtually no routine operations are more successful than the procedure… …
