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The Concrete Intrigue is a learning and reference book. It includes columns, as well as papers and articles written by Bernard Erlin and William Hime separately and jointly. Two additional useful tools included, are ACIs Definitions and Terminology and a glossary of compounds, mineral names and formulas.

Contents: Chapter 1

Concrete Construction Magazine Articles

2004

Something New for You and for Us. January

Water, Portland Cement, Aggegates, and Admixtures. February

Are You Weighing Your Concrete? Why Not? March

The Two Most Misused Words in Cement, Concrete and Masonry. April

Dont be Burned by the Alkalinity of Concrete. June

Pozzolans, Pompeii, Naples, Thera, Santorini, Lost Atlantis, and Sophia Loren. July

Carbonation of Concrete. August

The Many Faces of Ettringite: An Astonishing Concrete Component. September

Analytical Chemistry and Portland Cement-Based Concrete. October

The Versatility of, and Tidbits About, Concrete. November

The Fire Resistance of Concrete. December

2005

Analytics in Solving Problems--Truly Synergism in Action. January

Why Arnold Palmer Prefers Golfing over Sailing. February

Our World in a Different Perspective. March

Famous Last Words. April

Strength-Whatever it May Mean and Whatever its Purpose. May

Cracks Cracks Cracks. July

Some Things About the Strength of Concrete. August

The World as We Have Known it. September

A Near-Apocalypse to be Defused - A Challenge to Our Future. October

The Cost of Doing Business with Concrete. November

A Closure. December

2006

Water and Concrete-Part 1. June

Water and Concrete-Part 2. July

Age Does Count-One Way or Another. August

A Long or Short 50 Years. September

Being There at the Right Time. October

The Miracle of Portland Cement Hydration. November

Chlorides and Concrete. December

2007

The Sulfate Panorama. October

Physical Sulfate Attack That Isnt. December

2008

Seemore Guessless - Who. January

Color, Color, Color. February

Lesser Known Evils of the Concrete World. March

Giving Something More. June

Back to Lesser Known Evils of the Concrete World. July

About Misconceptions. August

The Greening Spin. September

The First of the Red Hot Mammas. October

Mortar and Stucco-Somewhat Companions. November

Ending the 2008 Year, Gratefully. December

2009

The Passion of Cement Hydration. January

The Passion of Cement Hydration II. February

Corrosions of All Kinds. March

Aspects of Corrosion. April

Three Faces of Concrete Litigation. July

Case of Slighted Evidence. August

White Stains on the Panes. September

The Rivulets Remain a Pain. October

An Expansion that Failed. November

Excess Leads to Standardization. December

2010

Its Only Words. January

Chapter 2

People

L.s. Brown - So You Want to be a Concrete Petrographer!

Bryant Mather (1917-2002) - Who Can Forget Him?

Adam Neville - An Affair with a Legend

A. Allan Bates - The Spawn of A. Allan Bates - a Man to Remember

W.G. Hime - Last Wet-Concrete Chemist Standing Just Sat Down

The Plateaus that Founded a Family

Chapter 3

Selected Erlin Papers

The Magic of Investigative Petrography

The Three Forensic Faces of Concrete Litigation-The Plaintiffs,The Defendants, and the Whole Truth

A New Process by Which Cyclic Freezing Can Damage Concrete-The Erlin-Mather Effect-A Concept

Identification and Occurrence of Thaumasaite in Concreet

Catching the Elusive Water-Cement Ration Using Petrgraphic Methods-and Their Evaluation

Contribution to a Better Understanding of the Mechanism Cuasing Dishing Failures of the Carrara Marble When Used for Outside Building Facades

Design of Thin Stone Veneers on Buildings

Embedded Metals and Materials Other Than Reinforcing Steel

Forces of Hydration That Can Cause Havoc in Concrete

Ettringite Whatever You May Think it is

Portland Cement and Concrete

Chapter 4

Selected Hime Papers

Amount of Water Required for Complete Hydration of Portland Cement

Cement Burns-A Continuing Calamity

Chemists Should be Studying Chemical Attack on Cocnrete

Chloride-Caused Corrosion of Steel in Concrete-A New Historical Perspective

Clinker Sulfate: A Cause for Distress and Need for Specification

Sulfate in Cement and Concrete - Lets Start at the Beginning

Analyses for Cement and Other Materials in Hardened Concrete

Prestress Concrete Railway Tie Distress: Alkali-Silica REaction or Delayed Ettringite Formation?

Multitechnique Approach Solves Construction Materials Failure Problems

Chapter 5

Selected Erlin/Hime Papers

Concrete Slump Loss and Field Examples of Placement Problems

Evaluating Fire Damage to Concrete Structures

Lets Stamp Out Concrete Burns

Methods for Analyzing Mortar

Some Chemical And Physical Aspects of Phenomena Associated with Chloride-Induces Corrosion

Concrete Deterioration Trhough Leaching with Soil-Purified Water

The Role of Calcium Chloride in Concrete

Glossary - Compounds, Mineral Names, and Formula

Appendix - ACI Concrete Terminology

Index