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Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Cement: Its Chemistry and Properties
Douglas C. MacLaren and Mary Anne White
Department of Chemistry and Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J3, Canada

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June 2003
Vol. 80 No. 6
p. 623

Abstract
Cement is a paste of calcium silicate hydrates, polymerized into a densely cross-linked matrix. Although cement has been known and used for two thousand years, even today its chemistry is not fully understood. This paper addresses several aspects of the chemistry of cement and modern characterization of the processes of cement formation and degradation.

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*  Citation
MacLaren, Douglas C.; White, Mary Anne. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 623.
*  Keywords
Clays / Clay Chemistry; Consumer Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Science; Phase Transitions / Diagrams; Silicon; Solid-State Chemistry
*  History
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May 5, 2003
February 28, 2005
Link to Cover added (April 2004). Link to Featured Molecules added (April 2004).
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