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Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
siliceous — Containing silica. SYN: silicious. * * * si·li·ceous also si·li·cious sə lish əs adj of, relating to, or containing silica or a silicate <a siliceous cement used in dentistry> * * * si·li·ceous (sĭ lishґəs) containing silica or a… … Medical dictionary
Radiolarite — (Jurassic) from the Alps. Radiolarite is a siliceous, comparatively hard, fine grained, chert like, and homogeneous sedimentary rock that is composed predominantly of the microscopic remains of radiolarians. This term is also used for indurated… … Wikipedia
sandstone caves — Most natural sandstone caves are surface river cut notches at the foot of rock cliffs, or left part way up the cliff due to later downcutting. This origin accounts for most of the caves once inhabited by the Pueblo Indians in the sandstone… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Matrix (geology) — Potassium feldspar phenocrysts within a fine grained matrix in a granite porphyry. The matrix or groundmass of rock is the finer grained mass of material in which larger grains, crystals or clasts are embedded. The matrix of an igneous rock… … Wikipedia
Geology of Hertfordshire — The rocks of the English county of Hertfordshire belong to the great shallow syncline known as the London Basin, the beds dip in a south easterly direction towards the syncline s lowest point roughly under the River Thames. The most important… … Wikipedia
кремнистый цемент — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN siliceous cement … Справочник технического переводчика
sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… … Universalium
Alkali Silica Reaction — (ASR) is a reaction between reactive silica (in the concrete aggregates) and an alkali (usually present in the cement), which results in the formation of a gel. This gel increases in volume with water and exerts expansive pressure on the concrete … Wikipedia
Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… … Wikipedia
sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… … Universalium
CONCRETE — Concrete is a compound made from sand, gravel, and cement, while cement is a mixture of minerals that become hard when water is added, binding the sand and gravel into a solid mass. Although concrete is traditionally considered an Ancient… … Historical Dictionary of Architecture