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Building materials
Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.
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site-cast concrete
Building materials; Concrete
Concrete that is poured and cured in its final position at a construction project.
shotcrete
Building materials; Concrete
Mortar or concrete conveyed through a hose and projected pneumatically at high velocity onto a surface.
settlement
Building materials; Concrete
Sinking of solid particles in grout, mortar, or fresh concrete, after placement and before initial set.
shake-on hardener
Building materials; Concrete
A dry powder that is dusted onto the surface of a concrete slab before troweling to react with the concrete and produce a hard-wearing surface for industrial uses.
setting time
Building materials; Concrete
The time required for a specimen of cement paste, mortar or concrete, prepared and tested under standardized conditions to attain a specified degree of rigidity with particular ...
set retarders
Building materials; Concrete
Agents used to delay or slow down the setting of concrete.
set
Building materials; Concrete
A term used to describe the stiffening of cement paste; a condition reached by a concrete, cement paste, or mortar when plasticity is lost to an arbitrary degree, usually measured ...
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- Concrete (2341)
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