Concrete

Concrete

Referring to an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, that is made from the drying and hardening of cement.

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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 required at a specific ...

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 a slope.

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 general type of ...

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 percentages between ...

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 orthoquartzite ...