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The heat of hydration released during the hardening of cement plays an important part that has to be taken into account in concrete construction, especially with massive elements. Cements with low and very low heat of hydration are produced by combining Portland cement clinker and granulated blastfurnace slag. The lower the heat of hydration the lower also is the initial strength but the heat of hydration can be significantly reduced if the ultrafine clinker particles (< 4 to 8 μm) are replaced by inert, pozzolanic or latent hydraulic particles of the same size. The initial strengths achieved during hardening can be raised through the high pecking density in the microstructure of the cement paste that can be controlled at the same time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the architectural design of the Catawba Raw Water Reservoir Expansion Project in Lancaster, South Carolina and designed by Black & Veatch.

The article presents several studies on ceramics which are posted online at www.ceramics.org. These include the study which investigates the incorporation of galvanic waste in a soda-lime-borosilicate glass, the cyclic cluster study on the bulk modulus and hydration pressure of magnesia expansion, and the study on the permeability of laminated green ceramic tapes as a function of binder loading.