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Contents of Analytical Techniques in Concrete Handbook

• INTRODUCTION
• FORMATION OF PORTLAND CEMENT
• INDIVIDUAL CEMENT COMPOUNDS
• PORTLAND CEMENT
• CEMENT PASTE
• MODELS OF HYDRATED CEMENT
• CONCRETE PROPERTIES
• DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
• REFERENCES
• Petrographic and Technological Methods for
• Evaluation of Concrete Aggregates
• P E Grattan-Bellew
• INTRODUCTION
• CHEMICAL TESTS
• Chemical Tests for Alkali-Silica Reactivity
• Chemical Analysis
• Test Method ASTM C
• AGGREGATES THAT RELEASE ALKALIS INTO THE PORE
• SOLUTION IN CONCRETE
• DETERMINATION OF POROSITY AND WATER
• ABSORPTION OF AGGREGATES
• INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING THE
• POTENTIAL REACTIVITY OF SILICEOUS AGGREGATES
• X-Ray Diffraction Analysis in the Evaluation of Aggregates
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• STAINING TECHNIQUES FOR AGGREGATES
• Copper Nitrate Staining Method
• Methylene Blue Test
• Measurement of Undulatory Extinction Angles
• SHAPE AND SURFACE TEXTURE OF AGGREGATES
• REFERENCES
• Chemical Methods of Analysis of Concrete
• William G Hime
• INTRODUCTION
• The Analytical Problems for the Analyses of
• Hardened Concrete
• The Components of Concrete
• HARDENED CONCRETE ANALYSIS PROCEDURES
• General
• Cement Content Analysis
• Sample Requirements and Procedure Choice
• Calcium Oxide Content Procedure
• Soluble Silica Content
• Sulfate Content
• Maleic Acid
• Other Procedures
• Chloride Analyses
• Chloride Procedures
• Sulfate and Sulfide Analyses
• Water Analysis
• Nitrate and Nitrite Analyses
• Organic Components
• Procedures
• Elemental Concentrations
• Compound and Mineral Compositions
• MORTARS, GROUTS AND PLASTERS
• Discussion
• REFERENCES
• Thermal Analysis
• Vangi S Ramachandran
• INTRODUCTION
• CEMENT CLINKER
• SYNTHESIS OF CEMENT PHASES
• POLYMORPHISM IN SILICATES
• HYDRATION OF CALCIUM SILICATES
• HYDRATION OF C A AND C AF
• HYDRATION OF CEMENT
• DURABILITY
• REFERENCES
• IR Spectroscopy
• S N Ghosh
• INTRODUCTION
• THEORY
• Experimental Methods
• THE SPECTRA OF ROCKS, MINERALS, CLAYS, ETC
• Calcite, Aragonite, and Magnesite
• Estimation of Dolomite Content in Limestone
• Argillaceous and Siliceous Limestones
• Feldspar, Orthoclase, Quartz, and Jaspar
• Tourmaline, Kyanite, Topaz, and Talc
• Rhyolite, Granite, and Basalt
• Kaolin, Red Clay, Black Cotton Soil, and White Clay
• Chrysotile, Tremolite, and Asbestos
• Biotite, Muscovite, Mica Schist, and Phlogophite Mica
• Apatite, Phosphatic Rocks, and Gypsum
• SPECTRA OF FLY ASH AND SLAG
• ANHYDROUS CEMENT AND ITS PHASES
• SOLID SOLUTION
• HYDRATION STUDIES
• C-S-H and Other Hydrates
• Ettringite and Other Compounds
• Hydration Studies under Different Conditions
• STUDIES ON CONCRETE
• MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENT
• REFERENCES
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• R James Kirkpatrick
• INTRODUCTION
• Theory
• Experimental Methods
• STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ANHYDROUS
• CEMENT PHASES
• Silicates
• Aluminates
• Glasses and Melts
• STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CALCIUM SILICATE
• HYDRATE (C-S-H) AND RELATED CRYSTALLINE PHASES
• Tobermorite, Jennite, and Other Ca-Silicates
• C-S-H
• INVESTIGATIONS OF PORTLAND CEMENT HYDRATION
• INVESTIGATIONS OF ALUMINATE CEMENT HYDRATION
• WASTE SOLIDIFICATION AND STABILIZATION
• ALKALI SILICA GEL
• STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF RAW MATERIALS
• NOTE ADDED IN PROOF
• REFERENCES
• Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Microanalysis of
• Concretes
• Shondeep L Sarkar, Xu Aimin, Dipayan Jana
• INTRODUCTION
• SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, X-RAY
• MICROANALYSIS
• Optical Microscopy-Electron Microscopy Transition
• Scanning Electron Microscope
• X-Ray Microanalysis
• CONCRETE UNDER THE SEM
• Basic Microstructure of Concrete
• Admixtures in Concrete
• INTERPRETATION OF CONCRETE DETERIORATION
• FROM SEM/EDXA
• Types of Attack
• Chemical Deterioration from External Agents
• Chemical Deterioration from Internal Agents
• Concrete Exposed to Marine Environment
• SUMMARY
• REFERENCES
• X-Ray Diffraction
• A K Chatterjee
• INTRODUCTION
• BASIC PRINCIPLE
• Qualitative Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTRUMENTATION
• Microfocus X-Ray Diffractometer
• Integrated XRD-XRF System
• Time Resolved X-Ray Diffraction
• Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Diffractometry
• SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
• Ab Initio Structure Determination from Powder
• Diffraction Data
• Full Trace Diffraction Match and Files
• Quantitative Phase Analysis Using Whole Powder
• Pattern Fitting
• X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY OF CLINKER AND CEMENT
• Methodological Aspects
• Identification of Major Phases Present in Cement/Clinker
• Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative Estimation of Phases
• Quantitative Phase Analysis for Quality Control
• Cement Substitute Materials
• Standardization of X-Ray Diffractometry for Quantitative
• Phase Analysis
• X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY OF HYDRATED CEMENT
• Sample Preparation and XRD Study of Hydrated Specimens
• Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
• Application of Certain Quantitative Methods to Cement
• Substitute Materials
• X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY IN CONCRETE CHEMISTRY
• Cement Paste Aggregate Interface
• Alkali-Silica Reaction
• Sulfate Minerals
• Other Studies of Concrete Damages
• XRD IN MISCELLANEOUS CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS
• CONCLUSIONS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• REFERENCES
• Rheology
• Leslie J Struble and Xihuang Ji
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• SUSPENSIONS
• RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF CEMENT PASTE
• Static Flow Behavior
• Dynamic Flow Behavior
• CONCRETE
• Flow Behavior
• Effects of Composition
• RHEOMETERS
• Cement Paste
• Concrete
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS