Civil Engineering MaterialsThis book deals with properties, applications and analysis of important materials of construction/civil engineering. It offers full coverage of how materials are made or obtained, their physical properties, their mechanical properties, how they are used in construction, how they are tested in the lab, and their strength characteristics--information that is essential for material selection and elementary design. Contains illustrative examples and tables and figures from professional organizations. KEY TOPICS: Considers all common materials of civil engineering/construction--and looks at each in depth: e.g., physical properties, mechanical properties, code provisions, methods of testing, quality control, construction procedures, and material selection. Discusses laboratory testing procedures for selected tests--provides step-by-step descriptions of laboratory test procedures to determine properties of materials. All test procedures are based on relevant ASTM specification. MARKET: For Civil Engineers, Construction Engineers, Architects, and Agricultural Engineers. |
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... quenching - heating the material to its melting temperature followed by rapid cooling so that the material has no time to return to its crystalline arrange- ment . For example , sugar candy is produced from crystalline sugar . Similarly ...
... quenching — the result is an amorphous material . Unlike crystals , glass has no ordered arrangement of atoms ( that is , no crystal form ) and is amorphous . It softens easily on heating and has no definite melting point as do true ...
... Quenching , 5 , 37 Quicklime . See Lime Regolith . See Soils Resins . See Plastics Resistance . See types of conductivity Rigidity , modulus of . See Elasticity Rocks , 2-4 , 6 , 9. See also Aggregates ; Masonry classification , 35-40 ...