Concrete

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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Concrete

The elimination of voids in construction materials, as in concrete, plaster, or soil, by vibration, tamping, rolling, or some other method or combination of methods. The process of eliminating voids ...

Composite construction

Building materials; Concrete

Any element in which concrete and steel, other than reinforcing bars, work as a single structural unit.

Capillarity

Building materials; Concrete

A wick-like action whereby a liquid will migrate vertically through material, in an upward direction; as oil in a lamp travels upward through the wick.

Capillary space

Building materials; Concrete

In cement paste, any space not occupied by anhydrous cement or cement gel. Air bubbles, whether entrained or entrapped, are not considered as part of the cement paste.

Carbonation

Building materials; Concrete

1) Reaction between the products of Portland cement (soluble calcium hydroxides), water and carbon dioxide to produce insoluble calcium carbonate (efflorescence). 2) Soft white, chalky surface ...

Casting

Building materials; Concrete

Pouring a liquid material, or slurry, like concrete, into a mould or form whose physical form it will take on as it solidifies.

Casting bed

Building materials; Concrete

A permanent, fixed form, in which permanent pre-cast concrete forms are produced. . . Cement, Portland (ASTM C150) A powdery substance made by burning, at a high temperature, a mixture of clay and ...