Journal
In 1920, the Institute of Communication Engineers Corps saw the birth of the "Building materials" department (now called "Building ...
| Issue №1, 2021 |
| Section: Jubilees |
| Keywords: construction materials, education, quality control. |
Cement manufacturers know that to meet customer needs they need to maintain a consistent clinker quality. The most effective way to meet this need is ...
| Issue №6, 2020 |
| Section: Control of production |
| Keywords: online-analysis, PGNAA, raw materials analysis, mill feed |
| Autor: H. Kurth. |
On January 30, 2021 Sibcem’s Topkinskiy cement plant celebrated its 55th anniversary. The article covers the history of the enterprise since its forma...
| Issue №6, 2020 |
| Section: Jubilees |
| Keywords: production, cement, construction materials, modernization, environmental safety |
| Autor: A.S. Shchekochikhina. |
The article covers quality control in cement production at the Volsk, Ferzikovo and Schurov plants of LafargeHolcim Russia, and operations of its R&D ...
| Issue №5, 2020 |
| Section: Standartization and quality |
| Keywords: cement, clinker, raw materials, quality, testing, chemical analysis, phase composition, particle-size analysis, concrete, dry building mortars |
| Autor: Ye.Yu. Ivlieva, N.N. Naumova, Ye.A. Nekrasova, Ye.A. Voloshin, S.A. Lukoshkin. |
The article describes Asia Cement’s QMS providing information on in-process quality assurance: process control, methods, and frequency of sampling and...
| Issue №5, 2020 |
| Section: Standartization and quality |
| Keywords: cement, clinker, raw materials, quality, analysis, testing, petrography, X-ray fluorescence spectral analysis |
| Autor: K.I. Golovin. |
Concrete producers have known for a long time that optimizing the particle size distribution of concrete aggregates allows for a higher strength concr...
| Issue №4, 2020 |
| Section: Concrete |
| Keywords: aggregate, concrete, Portland cement, particle packing density, void volume, supplemental cementitious materials |
| Autor: J. Guynn, J. Kline. |
The manufacture of cements bearing a high percentage of active additions is a trend that has been spurred by the benefits accruing from the reduction ...
| Issue №2, 2020 |
| Section: Waste utilization |
| Keywords: cements, pozzolanic activity, supplementary cementitious materials, ceramic waste |
| Autor: M.I. Sanchez de Rojas, E. Asensio, M. Frias, I. Cuevas, C. Medina. |
The article discusses a new method for determining the elemental composition of a substance —the method of tagged neutrons (MTN). Compared to ...
| Issue №2, 2020 |
| Section: Control of production |
| Keywords: Tagged Neutron Method, neutron generator, elemental analysis, on-stream analyser, cement production, raw materials for cement |
| Autor: M.G. Sapozhnikov. |
The intensity of the alkali-silica reaction (ASR), a destructive interaction between alkalis and reactive SiO2 in materials containing Portland cement...
| Issue №2, 2020 |
| Section: Concrete |
| Keywords: Portland cement, alkali silica reaction, supplementary cementing materials, gravel aggregates, fly ash, zeolite |
| Autor: J. Zvironaite, J. Pranckeviciene, J. Skamat, R. Stonys, J. Malaiskiene. |
The cement plants of the near future are described. Their characteristic features will be a much more efficient use of resources and energy (inclu...
| Issue №1, 2020 |
| Section: Ecology and safety |
| Keywords: cement plant, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions, alternative fuels and raw materials, automation, digitization |
| Autor: F. Leitao. |