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  2. Ferrocement - Wikipedia

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    Ferrocement or ferro-cement [1] is a system of construction using reinforced mortar [2] or plaster (lime or cement, sand, and water) applied over an "armature" of metal mesh, woven, expanded metal, or metal-fibers, and closely spaced thin steel rods such as rebar. The metal commonly used is iron or some type of steel, and the mesh is made with ...

  3. Concrete ship - Wikipedia

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    Concrete ships are built primarily with ferrocement (reinforced concrete) hulls, reinforced with steel bars. [1] This contrasts against more traditional materials, such as pure steel or wood. The advantage of ferrocement construction is that materials are cheap and readily available, while the disadvantages are that construction labor costs are ...

  4. Reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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    Concrete is a mixture of coarse (stone or brick chips) and fine (generally sand and/or crushed stone) aggregates with a paste of binder material (usually Portland cement) and water. When cement is mixed with a small amount of water, it hydrates to form microscopic opaque crystal lattices encapsulating and locking the aggregate into a rigid shape.

  5. List of cement manufacturers in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Derba MIDROC Cement: MIDROC: 2012 [1] Habesha Cement: Habesha Cement S.C. 2008 [2] Lemi National Cement Factory: West China Cement East African Holding Company 2024 [3] [4] Messebo Cement Factory: Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray: 1997 [5] Mugher Cement Enterprise: Ethiopian government: 1984 [6]

  6. What Does Ferro Corporation’s (NYSE:FOE) Share Price ... - AOL

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    Ferro Corporation (NYSE:FOE), which is in the chemicals business, and is based in United States, saw significant share price movement during recent months on the NYSE, rising to highs of Read More...

  7. Cement industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, 70.8 percent of portland cement was sold as ready-mix concrete, such as is delivered in cement-mixer trucks. 11.5 percent was sold dry to contractors and construction materials stores; 11.3 percent was sold to manufacturers of concrete products; 4.6 percent was sold for oil and gas wells, and 1.8 percent was sold to government agencies ...

  8. List of companies and cities in Africa that manufacture cement

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    Egyptian Cement Company recently became Lafarge Cement Egypt with a total production capacity of about 10 million tons of cement coming from five lines designed and manufactured by POLYSIUS FRANCE, LCE arranged as the second plant all over the world on the cement production. Sinai White Cement Portland. Misr-Beni Suef. Misr-Quena.

  9. AFm phases - Wikipedia

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    So, AFm does not refer to a single pure mineralogical phase but rather to a mix of several AFm phases co-existing in hydrated cement paste (HCP). [ 1 ] Considering a monovalent anion X, the chemical formula can be rearranged and expressed as 2 [Ca 2 (Al,Fe)(OH) 6 ]·X·nH 2 O (or Ca 4 (Al,Fe) 2 (OH) 12 ·X·nH 2 O , as presented in the table in ...