Around three billion tons of cement are produced around the world each year (Guillaume, 2014), of which the majority is consumed in developing countries due to ceaselessly growing demand, attributed ...
Although we've recently been hearing about technologies that allow for the production of stronger concrete, existing structures made of regular concrete could also use some help. That's where new ...
Experienced builders are plenty familiar with when to use cement, concrete, and mortar. But in the popular parlance, things get a bit confused—people often say "cement" when what they really mean is ...
(Roxanne McRoberts / Staff) More permanent than a dry-laid brick sidewalk is its mortar-set cousin. The idea: a regular concrete sidewalk is poured, then topped by mortar-setting and grouting bricks ...
DEAR TIM: I’m renovating a 1969 ranch home that’s over a crawl space. I pulled up the existing foyer tile floor so I can put down interlocking laminate or engineered flooring. Much to my surprise, I ...
To understand phenomena like alkali-silica reactions (ASR), alkali-carbonate reactions (ACR) and alkali-aggregate reactions (AAR), it is important to investigation reaction kinetics in cement, mortar ...
HIGH PERFORMANCE CEMENT FastSet Repair Mortar is a polymer-modified shrinkage compensated, rapid-setting, high-strength mortar formulation that sets in 20-40 minutes and can be sculpted to match ...
For concrete contractors, everything from seasonal temperature, rain, humidity, and groundwater to circulating air can greatly affect the moisture content in concrete and mortar at the jobsite. This ...