CE517 ADMIXTURES FOR CONCRETE
| Course Code: |
5620517 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. TURHAN Y. ERDOÐAN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Concrete properties and use of admixtures; Considerations and precautions in the use of admixtures; Classification of admixtures; Air-entraining admixtures; Water-reducing admixtures; Set Retarders; Accelerators; Pozzolans and other finely divided mineral admixtures; Natural pozzolans; Fly ashes; Silica fumes; Ground granulated blast furnace slags; Miscellaneous admixtures. Properties, standart testing methods and the effects of the above admixtures on the properties of concrete.
