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BINDER MATERIAL [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-09

English

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

Material such as cement, tar, bitumen, gypsum plaster, or lime used for joining masonry.

CONT

Binders. Binder materials include water, clay, asphalt, tar, portland cement, crusher dust, lime rock, various chemical substances, and other materials having binding properties. Portland cement and water combine chemically to form a mortar that when coated over the aggregate particles will set them up and bind them together. Bituminous materials also form a coating over the particles and thus bind them together.

OBS

binder: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Substance ajoutée à une matière granuleuse non plastique pour lui conférer une aptitude au façonnage et une résistance à l'état cru.

OBS

liant : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Argamasas y masillas (Construcción)
  • Materiales de construcción de carreteras
CONT

El cemento, la cal y el yeso son aglomerantes que, con los áridos, forman morteros y hormigones.

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