Slag cement

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

Resources and Citations

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 174

• George Wheeler paper at www.b72.com/objects/stone/consolidants.html (accessed Aug. 1998)

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