Synthetic materials are made from natural resources. Synthetic materials are made by chemically changing the starting substances to create a material with different characteristics. Some examples of ...

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As picturesque as winter weather can be, snowy scenes often present a less desirable, slippery companion: ice. It coats our roadways, clings to windshields and serves as a general hurdle in daily life ...

Question: During a winter placement a couple of weeks ago, freezing temperatures were forecast so we added 2% calcium chloride to the mixture at the batch plant. It was very difficult for our crews to ...

THE effect of chloride-containing solutions on Portland cement has received relatively little attention. Batta 1 and Thorvaldson 2 noted that addition of chloride ions to solutions containing sulphate ...