Construction Chemistry - The Chemistry of Building Materials

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General Information

Construction Chemistry
Web Directory: The Chemistry of Building Materials - [d, e]

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Lecture Notes, Tutorials

Cement Chemistry
Lecture notes - Format: PDF - [e]

Concrete
Lecture notes on the properties of concrete materials. Arizona State University - [e]

Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites
Lecture notes. Arizona State University - [e]

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Special Information

Ash Hydration
CFBC Ash Hydration Studies - Format: PDF - [e]

Betonite
Industrial Minerals: Bentonite factsheet. IMA - [e]

Borates
Industrial Minerals: Borate factsheet. IMA - [e]

Calcium Carbonate
Industrial Minerals: Calcium Carbonate factsheet. IMA - [e]

Cement and concrete
Information for industry professionals and students. WHD - [e]

Diatomite
Industrial Minerals: Diatomite factsheet. IMA - [e]

Feldspar
Industrial Minerals: Feldspar factsheet. IMA - [e]

Gypsum
Statistics and Information. USGS Minerals Information - [e]

Kaolin
Industrial Minerals: Kaolin factsheet. IMA - [e]

Lime
Industrial Minerals: Lime factsheet - [e]

Metabolism of cement chemistry
Article, 2003. The Indian Concrete Journal - Format: PDF - [e]

Mica
Mica fact sheet - [e]

Plastic Clays
Industrial Minerals: Plastic Clays factsheet - [e]

Portland Cement
Information site. FHWA - [e]

Sepiolite
Industrial Minerals: Sepiolite factsheet. IMA - [e]

Silica
Industrial Minerals: Silicia factsheet. IMA - [e]

Talc
Industrial Minerals: Talc factsheet. IMA - [e]

Vermiculite
Industrial Minerals: Vermiculite factsheet. IMA - [e]

Wollastonite
Industrial Minerals: Wollastonite factsheet. IMA - [e]

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Data and Databases

CEMDATA
Thermodynamic data for hydrated solids in Portland cement system. EMPA - [e]

Heat Transmission Properties of Insulating and Building Materials
Standard Reference Database 81. NIST - [e]

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Journals

Cement and Concrete Research
The aim of Cement and Concrete Research is to publish the best research on cement, cement composites, concrete and other allied materials that incorporate cement. Elsevier - [e]

Global cement, minerals, gypsum, slag, fuels, insulation, envirotec and capital
Magazines and conferences - [e]

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Dissertations

Fiber Reinforced Concrete Materials
Research Publications. Arizona State University - [e]

Modeling of Damage in Cement-Based Materials Subjected to External Sulfate Attack
II: Comparison with Experiments - Format: PDF - [e]

Modeling of Damage in Cement-Based Materials Subjected to External Sulfate Attack
I: Formulation - Format: PDF - [e]

Monitoring of cement hydration
... by broadband time-domain-reflectometry dielectric spectroscopy - Format: PDF - [e]

Quantitative X-ray diffraction phase analysis of cements ...
... containing several main constituents - Format: PDF - [e]

Simulation of Expansion in Cement Based Materials Subjected to External Sulfate Attack
- Format: PDF - [e]

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News Archive

Viscosity-enhancing nanomaterials may double service life of concrete
NIST engineers are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key is a nano-sized additive. - [e]

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Research facilities and departments

Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics
IBP, Stuttgart, Germany - [d, e]

Siegen
The Siegen University Institute for Building & Materials Chemistry - [d, e]

Zürich
Institute for Building Materials. ETH Zürich - [e]

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Organisations

CEPMC
Council of European Producers of Materials for Construction - [e]

Eurogypsum
European federation of national associations of producers of gypsum products - [d, e]

Gypsum Association
A not-for-profit trade association founded in 1930, is to promote the use of gypsum while advancing the development growth, and general welfare of the gypsum industry in the United States and Canada on behalf of its member companies - [e]

IMA-Europe
Industrial Minerals Association - [e]

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