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ICE manual of Construction Materials: Volume I: Fundamentals and theory; Concrete; Asphalts in road construction; Masonry
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Mike Forde
Mike Forde
University of Edinburgh
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/mocm.35973
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978-0-7277-4048-9
Publication date:
2009
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Chapter 32: Mortars

By
Neil Beningfield
Neil Beningfield
Director, Neil Beningfield and Associates Ltd, Stratford-upon-Avon
 
UK
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Neil Beningfield
Director, Neil Beningfield and Associates Ltd, Stratford-upon-Avon
 
UK
© 2009 Institution of Civil Engineers
2009
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https://doi.org/10.1680/mocm.35973.0369
  • Published:
    2009
© 2009 Institution of Civil Engineers
2009

This chapter covers the background and history of mortar; the constituents: cements, limes, sands and other minor components; mortar requirements, varieties, properties, testing and use; and the major elements of supply, production and manufacture and site practice.

Contents

  • Scope

  • Introduction and historical background

  • Mortar types

  • The requirements of mortar

  • Cements for mortar

  • White cement

  • Pozzolans

  • Limes for mortar

  • Sands for mortar

  • Admixtures

  • The properties of mortars

  • Appearance

  • The durability of mortar

  • Mortar production and sourcing

  • Site practice and mortar

  • References

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