Calcium aluminate cement market thrives on sustainability-driven innovation, balancing decarbonization mandates with ...

No, it's not a grunge band—it's a powdery binding agent that mixes with gravel, sand, and water to form the hardened slab we call concrete. It's made by heating limestone, iron, alumina, and silica to ...

Moldables and refractory cement are very important for many industries. In the construction of large ovens and furnaces, where refractory linings or high-temperature firebricks are present, castable ...

This review examines our present knowledge of cement powder or clinker, its reactions with water, and the ultimate change from a fluid or plastic paste to a solid. This solid, consisting of colloidal ...

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