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  2. Cement board - Wikipedia

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    Cement board. Cement board is composed of aggregated Portland cement with a glass-fiber mesh on the surfaces. This 5⁄16 inch (7.9 mm) thick cement board is designed as an underlayment for tile floors. These are 3-by-5-foot (91 by 152 cm) sheets. A cement board is a combination of cement and reinforcing fibers formed into sheets, of varying ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A board foot is a United States and Canadian unit of approximate volume, used for lumber. It is equivalent to 1 inch × 1 foot × 1 foot (144 cu in or 2,360 cm 3). It is also found in the unit of density pounds per board foot. In Australia and New Zealand the terms super foot or superficial foot were formerly used for this unit. The exact ...

  4. Portland cement - Wikipedia

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    Typical values are 320–380 m 2 ·kg −1 for general purpose cements, and 450–650 m 2 ·kg −1 for 'rapid hardening' cements. The cement is conveyed by belt or powder pump to a silo for storage. Cement plants normally have sufficient silo space for one to 20 weeks of production, depending upon local demand cycles.

  5. Properties of concrete - Wikipedia

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    The ultimate strength of concrete is influenced by the water-cementitious ratio (w/cm), the design constituents, and the mixing, placement and curing methods employed.All things being equal, concrete with a lower water-cement (cementitious) ratio makes a stronger concrete than that with a higher ratio. [2]

  6. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    statvolt (CGS unit) statV. ≘ c ⋅ (1 μJ/A⋅m) = 299.792458V. volt (SI unit) V. The difference in electric potential across two points along a conducting wire carrying one ampere of constant current when the power dissipated between the points equals one watt. [ 32 ] = 1 V = 1 W/A = 1 kg⋅m2/ (A⋅s3) = 1 J/C.

  7. Calcium silicate - Wikipedia

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    Unit cell of Ca2SiO4. Color code: red (O), blue (Ca), gold (Si). As verified by X-ray crystallography, calcium silicate is a dense solid consisting of tetrahedral orthosilicate (SiO 44-) units linked to Ca 2+ via Si-O-Ca bridges. There are two calcium sites. One is seven coordinate and the other is eight coordinate.

  8. Reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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    When the cement paste is exposed to the air and meteoric water reacts with the atmospheric CO 2, portlandite and the calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) of the hardened cement paste become progressively carbonated and the high pH gradually decreases from 13.5 – 12.5 to 8.5, the pH of water in equilibrium with calcite (calcium carbonate) and the ...

  9. Glass fiber reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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    Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a type of fiber-reinforced concrete. The product is also known as glassfibre reinforced concrete or GRC in British English. [1] Glass fiber concretes are mainly used in exterior building façade panels and as architectural precast concrete. Somewhat similar materials are fiber cement siding and cement ...