Series: Modern Concrete Technology (Book 8) Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (June 5, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0419227903 ISBN-13: 978-0419227908 Category: Concrete/Materials Science The only book to cover the use of special inorganic cements instead of standard Portland cement in certain specialist applications, such as oil well drilling or in a high temperature location. Special Inorganic Cements draws together information which is widely scattered in the technical literature. It describes various special cements, their chemistry and mineralogy along with the appropriate manufacturing processes, their hydration and hydration properties, and their applications.