High-strength concrete and high-performance concrete are not synonymous because strength and performance of concrete are different properties of concrete. High-strength concrete is defined based on its compressive strength at a given age whereas high-performance concrete is defined based on performance ...
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Pigments for Concrete: Types, Purposes, and Influences
Pigments are fine dry powder or slurry or aqueous suspension that added to the concrete ingredients to produce colors, other than the normal grey color. It is added during batching as a liquid or finely divided colored inert powder. Pigments ...
Magnesium Phosphate Cement: Characteristics and Advantages
Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) hardens rapidly and gains high strength in a short time, ranging about several hours to the level of normal strength of ordinary Portland cement concrete. The magnesium phosphate cement binder is produced from the reaction between ...
Economy of High Performance Lightweight Concrete
Purpose of high performance lightweight concrete utilization is to reduce cost or enhance functionality of the structure or the combination thereof. The economy of high performance lightweight concrete is discussed. One might argue that, the production of high performance lightweight ...
Applications of High Performance Lightweight Concrete
High performance lightweight concrete is produced by carefully mixing specified amount of cement, sand, lightweight aggregate, different pozzolans such as fly ash, silica fume, shale, metakaolin, calcined clay and superplasticizer. Various applications of high performance lightweight concrete are discussed. Fig.1: ...
Photocatalytic Self-Cleaning Concrete – Properties, Applications, Advantages
What is Photocatalytic Self-Cleaning Concrete? Self cleaning concrete is produced by adding catalytic material to the concrete mixture. It is a new construction material that has been developed in the past three decades. The most prominent properties of the type ...
What is Stamped Concrete? Features, Methods and Procedures of Stamping Concrete
Stamped concrete is a very intelligent and innovative innovation in concrete widely applied for floor in patios, car porch, driveways and sidewalks. Features, methods and procedure of stamping of concrete is discussed.
Shrinkage Compensating Concrete Construction for Slabs-on-Ground
Shrinkage compensating concrete is an expansive concrete that expands by an amount equal or greater than the volume change anticipated for drying shrinkage.