Calcination of marls to produce Roman cement

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hughes, D C ^a   Jaglin, D ^a   Kozlowski, R ^b   Mayr, N ^c   Mucha, D ^b   Weber, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calcination conditions; Clay type; Mineralogy; Roman cement; Setting; Strength development

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CEMENTS; CLAY; KILNS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CALCINATION CONDITIONS; CLAY TYPE; ROMAN CEMENT; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 34247479228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI100661     Document Type: Article

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