Tiles

Tiles

Any of various thin slabs or bent pieces of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or wall.

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Catalyst

Building materials; Tiles

Substance which markedly speeds up the cure of an adhesive when added in minor quantity as compared to the amounts of primary reactants.

Caulking compound

Building materials; Tiles

A soft, plastic material consisting of pigment and vehicle, used for sealing joints in buildings and other structures where normal structural movement may occur. Caulking compound retains its ...

Covebase

Building materials; Tiles

A trim tile having a concave radius on one edge and a convex radius with a flat landing on the opposite edge. This base often is used as the only course of tile above the floor tile.

A hard tile surfacing unit made from a mixture of chemicals. The finished surface can be the mixture of chemicals or can be marble chips to create a terrazzo finish. The unit is made hard by the set ...

Concrete

Building materials; Tiles

A composite material which consists essentially of a binding medium within which are embedded particles or fragments of aggregate; in portland cement concrete, the binder is a mixture of portland ...

Dry packing

Building materials; Tiles

Placing of zero slump, or near zero slump, concrete, mortar, or grout by ramming into a confined space.

Density

Building materials; Tiles

The ratio of the mass of a body to its volume, or the mass per unit volume of the substance. When G. G. S. Units are used, the density of a substance is numerically equal to the specific gravity of ...