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Concrete
Referring to an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, that is made from the drying and hardening of cement.
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Paving forms
Building materials; Concrete
Heavy duty metal forms used in the placement of concrete for concrete roadways, commercial driveways, intersection entrance and exit ramps, and airport work.
No-fines concrete
Building materials; Concrete
A concrete mixture in which only the coarse gradation (3/8' to 3/4' normally) of aggregate issued.
Neat cement-paste
Building materials; Concrete
A mixture of water and hydraulic cement, both before and after setting and hardening.
Mushroom
Building materials; Concrete
The unacceptable occurrence when the top of a caisson concrete pier spreads out and hardens to become wider than the foundation wall thickness.
Modulus of elasticity
Building materials; Concrete
An engineering term used to describe a material's ability to bend without losing its ability to return to its original physical properties.
Batch
Building materials; Concrete
The quantity produced as the result of one mixing operation, as in a batch of concrete.
Batch box
Building materials; Concrete
A container of known volume used to measure the constituents of concrete or mortar in proper proportions.
