Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1—History
1.2—Scope and objective
1.3—Environmental considerations
1.4—Production
CHAPTER 2—DEFINITIONS
2.1—Definitions
CHAPTER 3—PROPERTIES AND PRODUCT TYPES
3.1—Chemical and physical properties
3.2—Hydraulic activity
3.3—Factors determining cementitious properties
3.4—Slag cement
3.5—Blended cements
CHAPTER 4—STORAGE, HANDLING, AND BATCHING
4.1—Storage
4.2—Handling
4.3—Batching
CHAPTER 5—PROPORTIONING CONCRETE CONTAINING SLAG CEMENT
5.1—Proportioning with slag cement
5.2—Ternary systems
5.3—Use with chemical admixtures
CHAPTER 6—EFFECTS ON PROPERTIES OF FRESH CONCRETE
6.1—Workability
6.2—Time of setting
6.3—Air entrainment
6.4—Bleeding
6.5—Rate of slump loss
6.6—Ternary systems
CHAPTER 7—EFFECTS ON PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE AND MORTAR
7.1—Strength
7.2—Modulus of rupture
7.3—Modulus of elasticity
7.4—Creep and shrinkage
7.5—Influence of curing on performance
7.6—Color
7.7—Effects on temperature rise in mass concrete
7.8—Permeability
7.9—Resistance to sulfate attack and delayed ettringite formation
7.10—Reduction of expansion due to alkali-silica reaction
7.11—Resistance to freezing and thawing
7.12—Resistance to deicing chemicals
7.13—Resistance to the corrosion of reinforcement
7.14—Carbonation
7.15—Ternary systems
CHAPTER 8—SLAG CEMENT APPLICATIONS
8.1—Introduction
8.2—General use in ready mixed concrete
8.3—Concrete products
8.4—Mortars and grouts
8.5—Controlled low-strength material
8.6—Environmental structures
8.7—Heat resistance
8.8—High-strength, high-performance concrete
8.9—Industrial floors
8.10—Lightweight concrete
8.11—Marine structures
8.12—Mass concrete
8.13—Mine backfill
8.14—Pavements and bridges
8.15—Roller-compacted concrete
8.16—Soil stabilization
8.17—Tilt-up
8.18—Waste stabilization
8.19—Miscellaneous
CHAPTER 9—SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
9.1—Slag cement and sustainability
9.2—High volume slag cement use in concrete
9.3—Life-cycle inventory for slag-cement concrete
9.4—Reflectance
9.5—Federally-funded projects
9.6—Service life
9.7—Green building rating systems
CHAPTER 10—REFERENCES
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