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LIQUID CONCRETE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
DEF

Usually a thin mixture of Portland cement and water with or without sand, but more generally a fluid for filling cracks with or without some cementing action.

CONT

Uses. Pressure grouting of voids, cable duct grouting in pre-stressed concrete. Joint fillings of RCC (reinforced cement concrete) Hume pipes. Outstanding features. Expanding grout admixture for injection grouting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
DEF

Habituellement, un mélange clair de ciment Portland avec de l'eau avec ou sans sable, mais plus généralement un fluide servant à remplir les fissures avec ou sans action de cimentation.

CONT

Le ciment est mélangé à l'eau de manière à former un «lait de ciment» le plus homogène possible : on en poursuit l'agitation pendant plusieurs heures (au moins huit, en général) dans un grand excès d'eau.

OBS

coulis de ciment : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Argamasas y masillas (Construcción)
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