1st Edition

Building Materials

By S.K. Duggal Copyright 1998

    This text on building materials includes discussion of structural clay products, rocks and stones, wood, materials for making concrete, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and miscellaneous materials.

    Principle properties of building materials; Structural clay products; Rocks and stones; Wood and wood products; Materials for making concrete- Cement; Materials for making concrete- Aggregates; Materials for making concrete- Water; Materials for making concrete- Lime; Puzzolanas; Concrete; Building mortars; Ferrous metals; Non-ferrous metals; Ceramic materials; polymeric materials; Paints, enamels and varnishes; Tar, bitumen and asphalt; Gypsum; Miscellaneous materials; Industrial bitumen for use in buildings; Lime-puzzolana mixture.

    Biography

    Duggal, S.K.