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MT8305

Cement Chemistry

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Oral examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course is given every year.
Overview of main and sub topics for the course:
Cement components and their phase relations: Portland cement and its minerals. High temperature chemistry. Chemistry for production of Portland cement. Hydration of the individual cement phases and cement as a whole,
reaction progress and products. Durability of cement based systems. Chemical admixtures and mineral additives for concrete (incl composite cements). High alumina cements and other specia lcements (e.g. low energy cements).
Refractory cements. Polymers in cement based systems.

Learning methods and activities

Voluntary exercises.

Course materials

Literature:
Structure and Performance of Cements, 2nd Edition, Edited by J. Bensted and P. Barnes, Spon Press, London, 2002, ISBN 0-419-23330-X.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
DIK3015 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

  • Harald Justnes

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-05-30

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