Aside from water the materials which are used by mankind in highest quantities arecementitious
materials and concrete. This book shows how the quality of the technical product depends on
mineral phases and their reactions during the hydration and strengthening process. Additives
and admixtures infl uence the course of hydration and the properties. Options of reducing the
CO2-production in cementitious materials are presented and numerous examples of unhydrous and
hydrous phases and their formation conditions are discussed. This editorial work consists of
four parts including cement composition and hydration Special cement and binder mineral phases
Cementitious and binder materials and Measurement and properties. Every part contains
different contributions and covers a broad range within the area. ContentsPart I: Cement
composition and hydrationDiffraction and crystallography applied to anhydrous
cementsDiffraction and crystallography applied to hydrating cementsSynthesis of highly reactive
pure cement phasesThermodynamic modelling of cement hydration: Portland cements - blended
cements - calcium sulfoaluminate cements Part II: Special cement and binder mineral phasesRole
of hydrotalcite-type layered double hydroxides in delayed pozzolanic reactions and their
bearing on mortar datingSetting control of CAC by substituted acetic acids and crystal
structures of their calcium saltsCrystallography and crystal chemistry of AFm phases related to
cement chemistry Part III: Cementitious and binder materialsChemistry design and application
of hybrid alkali activated bindersBinding materials based on calcium sulphatesMagnesia building
material (Sorel cement) - from basics to applicationNew CO2-reduced cementitious
systemsComposition and properties of ternary binders Part IV: Measurement and
propertiesCharacterization of microstructural properties of Portland cements by analytical
scanning electron microscopyCorrelating XRD data with technological propertiesNo cement
production without refractories
