Advances in Cementitious Materials

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The proceedings of the Conference on [title], sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the American Ceramic Society and held in Gaithersburg, Md., July 1990, comprise 44 papers that provide an in-depth examination of six aspects of cementitious materials: physical and chemical phenomena prior to hardening; development of microstructure; relationships between microstructure and physical and mechanical behavior; interactions of water with hardened cement paste; microstructure, interfaces, and micromechanics; and novel cement matrices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)