Handbook of Analytical Techniques in Concrete Science and Technology Principles, Techniques, and Applications by Vangi S Ramachandran and James J Beaudoin
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
