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Cements, Concrete, Building Stones, and Construction Materials

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This chapter gives the main definitions, and properties of building materials with particular attention to cement and concrete.

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    Pozzuoli is an Italian town near Naples where volcanic ash was mined.

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Correspondence to François Cardarelli .

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Cardarelli, F. (2018). Cements, Concrete, Building Stones, and Construction Materials. In: Materials Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38925-7_15

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