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AIR-ENTRAINING CEMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-22

English

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

A cement that has an air-entraining agenda added during the grinding phase of manufacturing.

CONT

During the manufacture of portland cement, air-entraining agents can be interground with cement clinker at the mill to form air-entraining cement. The main advantage of these cements is convenience.

French

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

Ciment auquel on ajoute un agent entraîneur d'air durant la phase de broyage à la cimenterie.

CONT

[...] le ciment portland à air occlus [...] contenant un adjuvant qui entraîne des bulles d’air pour améliorer la durabilité du béton exposé au gel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria del cemento
  • Argamasas y masillas (Construcción)
  • Materiales de albañilería
DEF

Cemento [...] con un ingrediente extra que determina la creación de gran cantidad de burbujas de aire, siempre controlada, lo que hace y mejora la docilidad del hormigón.

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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A concrete masonry unit consisting of portland cement and lime, fly ash, air-entraining agents, or other admixtures combined with water.

CONT

Concrete blocks may first be classified according to their weight ... Blocks may also be classified according to type: (1) hollow load-bearing block, (2) solid load-bearing block, (3) hollow non-load-bearing block, (4) concrete brick, and (5) specialty block ... Blocks may also be categorized by their normal uses, for example, wall and partition block, pilaster block, chimney block, lintel block, bond-beam block, jamb or sash block, decorative block, floor block, utility block, and systems block.

Key term(s)
  • concrete unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

Élément de construction en béton manufacturé de petite dimension, de forme généralement parallélépipédique, destiné à la constitution de maçonnerie. Cette unité peut être pleine, creuse, parementée.

OBS

bloc en béton : terme uniformisé par le CN.

OBS

Parpaing [...] Par extension, désigne aujourd'hui le bloc de béton de granulats, plein ou creux, dit aggloméré ou plot.

Key term(s)
  • bloc de béton de granulats

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Utilización del hormigón
DEF

En construcción, bloque prefabricado de hormigón que puede ser hueco o macizo.

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