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Definitions & History
Definitions
Cement
Lime
Setting Time, Initial & Final Setting Times
Hardening
Hydraulic & Non Hydraulic Cement
Free Lime
Carbonation
Hydration
Portland & Non Portland Cement
Hydraulic & Non Hydraulic Lime
Flow
Flash Set.
Blended Cement
Hydrated Lime
Soundness
False Set
Pozzolona
Slaking & Blowing
Consistency
Hydrolysis
Grade of Cement
Quick Lime
Drying Shrinkage & Autogenous Shrinkage
Heat of Hydration
Supplementary Cementitious Material
Combined/Bound water, free water & Gel water
Capillary Pores
Calcining
Density, Relative Density & Specific Gravity.
Gel Pores
Sintering
Entrapped air & Entrained air.
Gel-Space ratio
Clinker
History
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Earliest Cementing/Binding materials
Naturally Obtained Hydraulic Cement
Earliest Manmade Cement
Roman Cement
Artificial Cement
British Cement
Portland Cement
Modern Portland Cement