Sunday, January 27, 2008

cement and concrete

Various brochures on cement and its applications:

....Cementitious materials for concrete: standards, selection and propertiesProvides information on the standards that apply in South Africa to cementitious materials for concrete. Guidance is given on selection for various applications, includes graphs of strength performance, and discusses, briefly, the manufacture and properties of cementitious materials and fillers. The cementitious materials dealt with are all based on portland cement and many contain a "cement extender". Masonry cements are outside the scope of this leaflet since they are not intended for use in concrete....



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