Oxychloride cement

Description

A hard durable cement. Oxychloride cement is made from a mixture of magnesium chloride and magnesium oxide in water. Extenders such as sawdust, sand, stone, or chalk may be added. Oxychloride cement was patented by M. Sorel, a French chemist in the 1870s. It is called a hydraulic cement because it will harden even when it is under water.

Synonyms and Related Terms

oxychloric cement (AAT); magnesium oxychloride; Sorel cement; hydraulic cement; magnesia cement

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 173

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Twentieth-Century Building Materials, McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000 Comment: oxychloric cement