Slag cement
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Description
A type of hydraulic cement. Slag cement is made by mixing portland cement (calcium silicate), powdered blast furnace slag and lime. It is also called artificial Pozzolana cement.
Synonyms and Related Terms
artificial Pozzolana cement
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 174
- Website address 1 Comment: George Wheeler paper at www.b72.com/objects/stone/consolidants.html (accessed Aug. 1998)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000