Concrete |
| Type |
Description | Animations/ Image |
| Accelerating agents | agents such as calcium chloride that are added to concrete mix to increase the hydration process and yield rapid setting rates |
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| Admixtures |
ingredients added to the concrete mix to alter or improve its properties |
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| Aggregates |
fine or coarse materials that provide surfaces for binding the water
and cement mix |
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| Air Entraining Agents |
agents that provide tiny air bubbles in the concrete mix to provide
voids that allow water to escape |
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| Cement | mixture
of iron ore, lime, alumina and silica |
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| Cementiferous Spray | a
concrete-vermiculite like substance that is sprayed on steel members
for fireproofing |
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Concrete |
a mixture of sand, cement, aggregate and water used in construction | - |
prestressed concrete in which steel tendons are tensioned after the
concrete has cured |
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| Pre-stressed Concrete | concrete in which forces are applied prior to loading that counteract the effect of subsequent loads |
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| Pretensioned Concrete | prestessed concrete in which steel tendons are stretched and tensioned prior to the casting of the concrete |
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| Reinforced Concrete | concrete that is supplemented with steel bars that make it more efficient in resisting tensile forces as well as compressive forces |
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| Reinforcing Steel | steel that is used to add strength to concrete |
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| Retarding Agents | admixtures that dlay the hydration process and the setting of the concrete to allow more time to mold the mix before the cement particles bind together |
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| Workability Agents | admixtures such as fly ash that are added to the concrete to increase the plasticity of the concrete mix. |
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