The TOC (total organic carbon) content is an important parameter to characterize materials like soil, rocks or cement. It can be determined by controlled combustion at a fixed temperature, by...
FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately 30 million € from the Moroccan phosphate and fertilizer producer Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) for the supply of material handling...
Haldor Topsoe A/S and FLSmidth A/S, Kgs. Lyngby resp. Valby/both Denmark have signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a joined global effort to commercialize a newly developed...
1 Introduction
The porous structure of construction materials based on ordinary Portland cement leads to their high sensitivity to capillary water absorption. Control of water absorption is therefore...
A drymix formulated with fast cement and combined with standard latex results in a very short pot life mortar and a membrane that lacks flexibility and very often has cracks and hence is not...
The concrete replacement systems Nafufill LM and Nafufill KM 250 have a highly successful track record in the repair of both structural and non-structural concrete components. Now, with Nafufill KM 220 and Nafufill KM 230, MC-Bauchemie has developed ...
Bags made of polyethylene (PE) are suitable for many requirements, and are used for transportation and sales of many consumer goods. Yet, who would have imagined some years ago that powder-type construction materials could also be filled into compact and weatherproof PE bags in an environment-friendly process? ...
In the Canary Islands, due to their volcanic origin, there is a lack of suitable clay to manufacture typical Spanish construction materials. Therefore, similar building construction materials are made using lightweight concrete with volcanic ...
It is generally known that the buttering-floating method promises better adhesion. But why is this actually so? The following article describes six advantages of the combined method and explains the background. ...
