It is well known that cement is the most used construction material in the world. In the mind of most of people, cement is a kind of grey powder and only used as construction material, to build gardens, bridges, road etc. However, we can do more with cement, here are nice pictures showing some stuff […]
These following conclusions are summarized from the work of Kocaba’s PhD thesis. alite: no influence is shown on the consumption of alite measured by XRD. belite: the substitution of cement by both slags seems to result in a delay in the hydration of belite in the first days. aluminate phase: there is a filler effect […]
Concrete is the most used material in the world because of its cheap price and large quantity. It is needless to say concrete is made of cement. However, cement is also a criticized material by the public, for its intensive CO2 emission from production process. The production of cement accounts for about 5-8% of the […]