slag cement
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slag cement
First recorded in 1880–85
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It also would have reduced competition for a specialty type of cement called slag cement.
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The product termed slag cement sets slowly, but ultimately attains a strength scarcely inferior to that of Portland cement.
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Other matrices are slag cement, a comparatively recent invention, and some other natural and artificial cements which find occasional advocates.
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Slag cement is made by grinding together slaked lime and granulated blast furnace slag.
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All concrete used in engineering work is made of either Portland, natural or slag cement, and the great bulk of all concrete is made of Portland cement.
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