Contents -Preface - I. CONSTITUENTS -Lime -Silica -Alumina -Ferric Oxide -II. HYDRAULIC LIMES -Pozzolanic limes -Burnt hydraulic limes -III. PORTLAND CEMENT -Definition and manufacture -Chemical composition and evaluation -Hydration -CHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF HYDRATION PRODUCTS -PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDRATION PRODUCTS -The setting process of cement -The hardening process and the factors affecting it -POROSITY -CHEMICAL COMPOSITION -FINENESS -HUMIDITY -TEMPERATURE -Mechanical strength tests -Volume changes -BLEEDING -CONTRACTION -SHRINKAGE AND SWELLING -Heat of hydration -Water permeability -Resistance to the action of chemical aggressive agents -DISSOLUTION PROCESSES -CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION -CORROSIVE AGENTS IN CONCRETE CONSTITUENTS -PROTECTION OF CONCRETE AGAINST CORROSION -Frost resistance -IV. SLAG CEMENTS -Blast furnace slag -Blast furnace slag cements -Supersulphated cements -V. POZZOLANIC CEMENTS -VI. ALUMINOUS CEMENTS -VII. CONCRETE ADDITIVES -VIII. SPECIAL CEMENTS -INDEX -