Building materials

Building materials

Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.

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batch plant

Building materials; Concrete

A temporary concrete mixing plant usually erected at a jobsite to fulfill the specific needs of that job. They are typically erected when a large volume of concrete will be ...

batter

Building materials; Concrete

A slope, such as that of the outer side of a wall, that is wider at the bottom than at the top. The measurement of batter is the horizontal distance between the top and bottom of ...

binder

Building materials; Concrete

Almost any cementing material, either hydrated cement or a product of cement or lime and reactive siliceous materials. The kinds of cement and the curing conditions determine the ...

particle-size distribution

Building materials; Concrete

Particle distribution of granular materials among various sizes. Usually expressed in terms of cumulative percentages smaller or larger than each of a series of sieve openings or ...

Ottawa sand

Building materials; Concrete

A sand used as a standard in testing hydraulic cements by means of mortar test specimens. Sand is produced by processing silica rock particles obtained by hydraulic mining of the ...